Black Crake

Zapornia flavirostra

Least Concern

The Black Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

Black Crake Range — Resident or seasonal range in sub-Saharan African wetlands, river margins, and grasslands

Population

≈ Unknown

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