Ruddy-breasted Crake

Zapornia fusca - Marouette brune

Systematics

Order
:
Gruiformes
Family
:
Rallidés
Genus
:
Zapornia
Species
:
fusca

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Zapornia fusca fusca (Pakistan and n India to Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines)
Zapornia fusca zeylonica (w and sw India, Sri Lanka)
Zapornia fusca phaeopyga (Ryukyu Is.. Japan.)
Zapornia fusca erythrothorax (se Siberia to ne China, Korea and Japan, Taiwan)

Foreign names

Marouette brune,
Polluela pechirrufa,
franga-de-água-de-peito-ruivo,
Zimtsumpfhuhn,
fahéjszínű vízicsibe,
Bruin Porseleinhoen,
Schiribilla pettorossiccio,
rödbrun sumphöna,
Kastanjerikse,
chriašť červenkavý,
chřástal hnědoprsý,
Rødbrystet Rørvagtel,
kiinanhuitti,
rasclet de pit rogenc,
kureczka kasztanowata,
rūsganais ormanītis,
Красноногий погоныш,
Tikusan merah,
ヒクイナ,
红胸田鸡,
นกหนูแดง,
緋秧雞〔紅胸田雞〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land, Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches