Baillon's Crake

Porzana pusilla

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Breeds in Indian Himalayas; widespread winter visitor and passage migrant. Adult has rufous-brown upperparts (brighter than in male Littlel extensively marked with white; barring on flanks extends farther forward than on Little, and bill is all green. Juvenile has buff underparts; compared with Little. wings are shorter. barring on underparts more extensive and has more extensive white flecking to warmer brown upperparts. Volco Song may be heard on migration: a rattling rasp. tam-tum, also a tyiuk alarm call. Marshes. edges of lakes and pools with emergent vegetation. and paddy-fields.