Black-tailed crake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Synonyms | |
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.
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.
It is omnivorous,[3] eating a wide range of foods including invertebrates, insects (particularly parasites off of large animals), fish, frogs, seeds of aqautic plants, bird eggs,[4] worms, mollusks, grass, and berries.[5]