Ruddy-breasted Crake
Zapornia fusca(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Ruddy-breasted Crake
The Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca) 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 fusca
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ruddy-breasted Crake
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Zapornia fusca fusca
- Zapornia fusca zeylonica
- Zapornia fusca phaeopyga
- Zapornia fusca erythrothorax
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus fuscus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Philippines.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.262
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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