Band-bellied crake
Species of bird
Band-bellied crake | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Zapornia |
Species: | Z. paykullii |
Binomial name | |
Zapornia paykullii (Ljungh, 1813) | |
Synonyms | |
Porzana paykullii |
The band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It breeds in Manchuria, eastern China and northern Korea ; it winters throughout Southeast Asia.
It is getting rare due to habitat loss.
In 1813 the Swedish taxon author Sven Ingemar Ljungh named the bird after the naturalist Gustaf von Paykull.[2]
References
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