Biology:Black-tailed crake
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Zapornia |
| Species: | Z. bicolor
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| 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.
From Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India .
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 aqautic 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692660/93363404. 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. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flufftails/.
- ↑ Norbu, Lam; Thinley, Phuntsho; Wangchuck, Tandin; Dechen, Ugyen; Dorji, Lekey; Choephel, Tshering; Dorji, Pasang (2021-08-26). "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. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.6843.13.9.19274-19292.
- ↑ "Black Crake | Franklin Park Zoo". https://www.zoonewengland.org/franklin-park-zoo/our-animals/birds/black-crake/.
- ↑ Faheem, Mahmood Syed. "Black-tailed crake". https://indianbirds.thedynamicnature.com/2016/10/black-tailed-crake-zapornia-bicolor.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q2359172 entry
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