Black-tailed crake
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Zapornia |
| Species: | Z. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Zapornia bicolor (Walden, 1872)
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Amaurornis bicolor | |
The black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.[2] It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
Description
It is slate-gray with a chestnut brown back. Its eyes are red. Its slender legs are pinkish-red.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Diet
It is omnivorous,[3] eating a wide range of foods including invertebrates, insects (particularly parasites off of large animals), fish, frogs, seeds of aquatic plants, bird eggs,[4] worms, mollusks, grass, and berries.[5]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Zapornia bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692660A93363404. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692660A93363404.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Norbu, Lam; Thinley, Phuntsho; Wangchuck, Tandin; Dechen, Ugyen; Dorji, Lekey; Choephel, Tshering; Dorji, Pasang (26 August 2021). "On the high bird diversity in the non-protected regions of Trashiyangtse District in Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (9): 19274–19292. doi:10.11609/jott.6843.13.9.19274-19292. ISSN 0974-7907.
- ^ "Black Crake | Franklin Park Zoo". zoonewengland.org. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ Faheem, Mahmood Syed. "Black-tailed crake". Retrieved 31 August 2023.