Rails, Crakes & Coots

Striped Crake

Amaurornis marginalis

The Striped Crake (Amaurornis marginalis) is a 51 g grassland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

51 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

9

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