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Crakes and Rails
   
   

Fig 1 :
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Zapornia fusca
Location :
Sam Roi Yot, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand.
Habitat :
Freshwater marshe with reedy margins.
Note : Photo by Charles Currin, May 2022.

Fig 2 :
White-browed Crake
Porzana cinerea
Location : Byram, Penang, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Freshwater marshes

Fig 3 :
Red-legged Crake
Rallina fasciata
Location : Singapore
Habitat : Freshwater stream, with muddy substrate

Fig 4 :
Buff-banded Rail
Hypotaenidia philippensis
Location : Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Habitat : Parkland with artificial ponds
Notes : within Southeast Asia this species occurs in the Philippines, Borneo and eastern Indonesia.

Fig 5 :
Slaty-breasted Rail
Lewinia striata
Location : Western area, Singapore
Habitat : Open-country wetland
Notes : Observed feeding on large water snails. 

 



 

Fig 1 : Ruddy-breasted Crake
      

©  Charles Currin
 


Fig 2 : White-browed Crake
 


Fig 3 : Red-legged Crake
  


Fig 4 : Buff-banded Rail
   
Fig 5 : Slaty-breasted Rail