Australian Crake
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Australian Crake

Porzana flumineaGould, 1843

Endemic
Order
GRUIFORMES
Family
Rallidae
Genus
Porzana
Commonness
Endemic
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The Australian crake , also known as Australian spotted crake, or spotted crake is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only species of Australian crake in the genus Porzana.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Australia (except north, south-central)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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