Ruddy-breasted Crake

Zapornia fusca

Least Concern

The Ruddy-breasted Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub. 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

Ruddy-breasted Crake Range — Resident or seasonal range in South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub

Population

≈ 2M–20M

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