Rails, Crakes & Coots

Ash-throated Crake

Porzana albicollis

The Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis) is a 100 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

100 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

12

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, GF, Suriname, Guyana, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru.

Where to see it: Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Bolivia); Playa - Ex Calera San Antonio (Paraguay); Surama EcoLodge (Guyana); PN Iberá · Portal Laguna Iberá (Carlos Pellegrini y Laguna Iberá) (Argentina); Gran Asunción · Parque Guasu Metropolitano (Paraguay).

Photo: (c) Pablo H Capovilla, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist