Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
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About Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
The black crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae. It breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa except in very arid areas. It undertakes some seasonal movements in those parts of its range which are subject to drought. No subspecies have been described. It appears that the oldest available name for this species is actually Rallus niger J. F. Gmelin, 1788, but Swainson believed that the earlier name was unidentifiable, and his own has since become well embedded in the literature.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2003-02-20
Liwonde - Shire River, Malawi -
2011-01-06
Lake Awasa, Ethiopia -
2017-01-01
Mabamba Swamp, Uganda -
2017-01-02
Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda -
2017-01-14
Entebbe, Uganda -
2025-01-27
Arusha National Park, Tanzania -
2025-01-29
Arusha National Park, Tanzania
