Black Crake
Zapornia flavirostra(Swainson, WJ, 1837)
English (US) Black Crake
The Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra) 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.
Range: sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zapornia flavirostra
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Crake
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Gallinula flavirostra
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1837)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 2 p.244 pl.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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