Little Crake
Zapornia parva(Scopoli, GA, 1769)
English (US) Little Crake
The Little Crake (Zapornia parva) 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: breeds locally in Europe eastward to western Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and western Xinjiang; winters Mediterranean to Africa and IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zapornia parva
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Crake
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus parvus
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1769)
- Type locality
- Probably from Carniola.
- Original description
- Annus I Historico-naturalis. Descriptiones avium musei proprii earumque rariorum, quas vidit in vivario Augustiss. Imperatorus, et museo excell. Comitis Francisci Annib. Turriani p.108
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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