Prakruti Parichay
RallidaePorzana

Crake

Porzana parva

20–23 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Winter visitor and passage migrant. Pakistan and W India. Longer wings and tail than Baillon's! primaries extending noticeably beyond tertials at rest], with less extensive barring on underparts. a ndpronounced pale edges to scapulars and tertials (features for all plumages]. Adult also with red at base of bill. Male is blue-grey below. Female has blue - grey on supercilium and cheeks. but underparts a rebuff. Juvenile is similar to female, but with whiter face and breast. and more extensive barring on flanks (but less than on Baillon'sl. Marshes with dense reed cover.

Colour

BlueGreyRed
Average size
21.5 cm
Habitat
Marshes with dense reed cover.
Behaviour
Winter visitor and passage migrant.

About this bird

Winter visitor and passage migrant. Pakistan and W India. Longer wings and tail than Baillon's! primaries extending noticeably beyond tertials at rest], with less extensive barring on underparts. a ndpronounced pale edges to scapulars and tertials (features for all plumages]. Adult also with red at base of bill. Male is blue-grey below. Female has blue - grey on supercilium and cheeks. but underparts a rebuff. Juvenile is similar to female, but with whiter face and breast. and more extensive barring on flanks (but less than on Baillon'sl. Marshes with dense reed cover.

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Crake is bigger than Bhutan Laughingthrush but smaller than Alpine Swift.

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Crake

Porzana parva

20–23 cm