Schiribilla grigiata

Identificazione

They are 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) in length, and are similar to the only slightly larger little crake. Baillon's crake has a short straight bill, yellow or green without a red base. Adults have mainly brown upperparts with some white markings, and a blue-grey face and underparts. The rear flanks are barred black and white. They have green legs with long toes, and a short tail which is barred underneath.<p>Immature Baillon's crakes are similar to the adults, but have extensively barred underparts. The downy chicks are black, as with all rails.

Tassonomia

Genere: Zapornia; famiglia: Rallidae; ordine: Gruiformes.

Nome scientifico

Zapornia pusilla

Autorità

(Pallas, 1776)

Ordine

Gruiformi

Famiglia

Rallidae

Genere

Zapornia

Areale e habitat

Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across the Palearctic. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the western European population declined through drainage. There has been a recovery in north-western Europe in recent years, with the recolonisation of Germany and the Netherlands, and breeding suspected in Britain; an Irish record in 2012 was the first there since the 1850s. They nest in a dry location in wet sedge bogs, laying 4–8 eggs. This species is migratory, wintering in east Africa and south Asia.<p>It is also a resident breeder in Africa and Australasia. There is a single North American record of this species on Attu Island in September 2000.<p>There are at least five subspecies of Baillon's crake:

Migrazione

Migratori completi

Comportamento

Comportamento migratorio: Migratori completi.

Conservazione

Tendenza della popolazione

unknown