Rails, Crakes & Coots

Black Crake

Zapornia flavirostra

The Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra) is an 86 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

86 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

27

Photo: Pascal Charbonneau, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons