Little crake
| Little crake | |
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| Male above, female below | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Zapornia |
| Species: | Z. parva
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| Binomial name | |
| Zapornia parva (Scopoli, 1769)
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| Range of the little crake Breeding Passage Non-breeding Extant (seasonality uncertain)
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| Synonyms | |
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Porzana parva | |
The little crake (Zapornia parva) is a very small waterbird of the family
Its breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. This species is migratory, wintering in Africa.
At 17–19 cm (6.7–7.5 in) in length, they are slightly smaller than the
rails
.
These birds probe with their bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight. They mainly eat
eggs
.
The little crake is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (
AEWA
) applies.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Porzana parva.
- Little crake photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Zapornia parva at IUCN Red List maps