Rails, Crakes & Coots

Ruddy-breasted Crake

Zapornia fusca

The Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca) is a 57 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

57 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in Taiwan, India, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China, Nepal, Cambodia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Bhutan.

Where to see it: 嘉義鰲鼓濕地IBA · 全區(Aogu Wetland IBA) (Taiwan); Lat Krabang · Thap Yao paddies & aquaculture ponds (Thailand); Krishnampathi Lake, Seeranaickenpalayam (India); Manjeera Wildlife Sanctuary (India); Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage) (Singapore).

Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist