Ash-throated Crake

Small secretive crake with a short bill. With black and olive brown streaks on the back. Tail is black, underparts slate, except throat is pale grey. Lower flanks and under tail coverts barred black and white. Sexes are alike. The nest is a large open bowl made out of dry grass, on the ground or just above. Well hidden between tree roots or grass. Clutch size is 2-5 eggs. No further data available. Diet consists of insects and insect larvae and grass seeds. Only appears in the open to feed.

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Original source: João Menezes from Brazil
Author: João Menezes from Brazil

The Ash-throated Crake is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps. Small secretive crake with a short bill. With black and olive brown streaks on the back. Tail is black, underparts slate, except throat is pale grey. Lower flanks and under tail coverts barred black and white. More

Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis = Described by: Vieillot (1819) Alternate common name(s): White-throated Crake, White-necked Crake Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Ecological Reserve of Guapi Assu, Brazil - Nov, 2006 More

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ASH-THROATED CRAKE Porzana albicollis In crake terms this is a large and easy to see species, in terms of other bird groups it would be considered a small and secretive wetland inhabitant! Like many members of the rail family the species is best detected by voice, particularly during their early evening choruses. European birders may be reminded of Baillon More

Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis = Ecological Reserve of Guapi Assu, Brazil - Nov, 2006 More

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Ash-throated crakeBirds in Suriname = - ash-throated crake in Suriname, Porzana albicollis Beautiful picture of an ash-throated crake, made by Foek Chin Joe in Suriname in 2005. These crakes like places with tall grass and are often found near trenches. As most rails, when disturbed, they suddenly fly off with their feet dangling underneath them. The sound of the Ash-throated crake were taped by Otte Ottema in the north of Paramaribo. More

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Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis) by Jon Hornbuckle. About 1.5 km north of El Porvenir. El Porvenir, Beni Biological Station (Beni). More

Order : Gruiformes
Family : Rallidae
Genus : Porzana
Species : albicollis
Authority : (Vieillot, 1819)