Spotless Crake
Photo · (c) Kym Nicolson, some rights reserved (CC BY)

BirdUp · Species

Spotless Crake

Zapornia tabuensis(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Also known asPūwetoPutoto

Least ConcernNative
Order
GRUIFORMES
Family
Rallidae
Conservation
Least Concern
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The spotless crake is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is widely distributed species occurring from the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand across the southern Pacific Ocean to the Marquesas Islands to the south east along the Tuamotus island chain to Pitcairn Oeno island.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
OR, AU : Luzon and Mindoro (north Philippines), Timor (east Lesser Sundas), Australasian region and Oceania

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
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  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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