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[[Image:120477720 q0Q7mZBo BlacktailedCrake2s.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|WHP|WHP}}<br />[[Doi Inthanon National Park]], [[Thailand]], December 2009]]
[[Image:Black-tailed_Crake.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mesia<br />Location:  Doi Inthanon NP, Thailand]]
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;[[:Category:Zapornia|Zapornia]] bicolor
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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20–22 cm (7¾-8½ in)
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*Ashy-grey head
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*Reddish-brown upperparts
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*Black tail
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*Bluish-green bill with pale tip and red patch near base
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
From [[India]] to [[Myanmar]] and [[China]] to south-east [[Asia]].
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[[Asia]]:<br />
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South-western [[China]], [[Tibet]], north-eastern [[India]], Eastern [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]]<br />
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'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Thailand]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
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Some authorities place this species in ''[[:Category:Amaurornis|Amaurornis]]'' or in ''[[:Category:Porzana|Porzana]]''.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Patches of forest associated with rice fields,  marshes and streams within forests, obvserved at heights around 2100m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of insects, worms, molluscs and seeds from marsh plants.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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#BF Member observations
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Crake+bicolor }}  
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{{GSearch|"Black-tailed Crake"}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Zapornia]]

Latest revision as of 14:23, 4 April 2022

Photo by WHP
Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand, December 2009
Zapornia bicolor

Identification

20–22 cm (7¾-8½ in)

  • Ashy-grey head
  • Reddish-brown upperparts
  • Black tail
  • Bluish-green bill with pale tip and red patch near base

Distribution

Asia:
South-western China, Tibet, north-eastern India, Eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Some authorities place this species in Amaurornis or in Porzana.

Habitat

Patches of forest associated with rice fields, marshes and streams within forests, obvserved at heights around 2100m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, worms, molluscs and seeds from marsh plants.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)

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