Baillon's Crake

Zapornia pusilla - Marouette de Baillon

Systematics

Order
:
Gruiformes
Family
:
Rallidés
Genus
:
Zapornia
Species
:
pusilla

Descriptor

Pallas, 1776

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: 33 à 37 cm.
Weight
: 40 à 50 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Zapornia pusilla pusilla (c and e Asia)
Zapornia pusilla intermedia (Europe to Asia Minor; n, e, s Africa, Madagascar.)
Zapornia pusilla mira (Borneo)
Zapornia pusilla mayri (New Guinea)
Zapornia pusilla palustris (e New Guinea, Australia)
Zapornia pusilla affinis (New Zealand, Chatham Is.)

Foreign names

Marouette de Baillon,
Polluela chica,
franga-de-água-pequena,
Zwergsumpfhuhn,
törpevízicsibe,
Kleinst Waterhoen,
Schiribilla grigiata,
dvärgsumphöna,
Dvergrikse,
chriašť najmenší,
chřástal nejmenší,
Dværgrørvagtel,
kääpiöhuitti,
Kleinriethaan,
rasclet europeu,
Dvergrella,
karliczka (zwyczajna),
ceru ormanītis,
pritlikava tukalica,
Погоныш-крошка,
Tikusan kerdil,
ヒメクイナ,
小田鸡,
นกอัญชันเล็ก,
小秧雞〔小田雞〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Strea

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Ponds (below 8ha), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land