Black Crake

分类位置

同属物种

小田鸡

Baillon's Crake

斑胁田鸡

Band-bellied Crake

棕背田鸡

Black-tailed Crake

红脚田鸡 (红脚苦恶鸟)

Brown Crake

夏威夷秧鸡

Hawaiian Rail

Henderson Crake

Henderson Crake

形态与习性

The black crake (Zapornia flavirostra) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae. It breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa except in very arid areas. It undertakes some seasonal movements in those parts of its range which are subject to drought. No subspecies have been described. It appears that the oldest available name for this species is actually Rallus niger J. F. Gmelin, 1788, but Swainson believed that the earlier name was unidentifiable, and his own has since become well embedd