Red-legged crake

Red-legged crake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Rallina
Species:	R. fasciata
Binomial name
Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822)

The red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.

Description

It is a medium-large crake (length 24 cm). Its head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Its upper parts are grey-brown. Underparts and underwings are barred black and white. Its bill is green and its legs are red.

Distribution and habitat

Found in far north-eastern India, eastern Bangladesh, ^[2] Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Indonesia. It is recorded as a vagrant to north-western Australia. It is located in dense vegetation close to permanent wetlands.

Behaviour

Breeding

Red-legged crake and chick

Its clutch consists of 3-6 dull-white eggs.

Voice

Series of descending croaks, screams and grunts.

Conservation

With a large range and no evidence of significant decline, this species is assessed as being of least concern.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Rallina fasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22692314A93347601. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692314A93347601.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata) :: Xeno-canto".

• BirdLife International. (2007). Species factsheet: Rallina fasciata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/6/2007
• Marchant, S.; Higgins, P.J.; & Davies, J.N. (eds). (1994). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. ISBN   0-19-553069-1
• Smythies, B.E.; & Davison, G.W.H. (1999). The Birds of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), in association with the Sabah Society: Kota Kinabalu. ISBN   983-812-028-6