Rails, Crakes & Coots

Band-bellied Crake

Zapornia paykullii

The Band-bellied Crake (Zapornia paykullii) is a 111 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

111 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand.

Where to see it: Муравьевка (Muravyevka Park) (Russian Federation); Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore); 台北 · 田寮洋濕地(Taipei · Tianliaoyang Wetland) (Taiwan); 南汇东滩 (Nanhui Dongtan) (China); Kranji Marsh (Singapore).

Photo: (c) Andrew Bazdyrev, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist