Brown Crake
Zapornia akool(Sykes, WH, 1832)
English (US) Brown Crake
The Brown Crake (Zapornia akool) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
- Scientific name
- Zapornia akool
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Crake
- Described by
- (Sykes, WH, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Zapornia akool akool
- Zapornia akool coccineipes
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus Akool
- Described by
- (Sykes, WH, 1832)
- Type locality
- Deccan.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2, no.23 p.164
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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