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Spotless Crake
Zapornia tabuensis(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Also known asPūwetoPutoto
At a glance
The Spotless Crake is a small bird, about 17–20 cm long, listed as Least Concern and native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 17–20 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Spotless Crake look like?
The Spotless Crake is a small bird, about 17–20 cm long and weighing 21–61 g.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Spotless Crake?
The Spotless Crake is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
jimchurches · Cunningar NSW 2587, Australia
Call
jimchurches · Wallaroo NSW 2618, Australia
Call
jimchurches · Gungahlin, ACT, Australia
Call
Will Cornwell · Bungwahl NSW 2423, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Spotless Crake eat?
The Spotless Crake feeds on seeds, foliage/herbs, terrestrial invertebrates, intertidal invertebrates and fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or flocks or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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