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Red-necked Crake

(Rallina tricolor)
Alternate name(s): "Red-necked Rail", "Tricoloured Rail", "Scrub Rail"
Size: 23-29 cm; wing span ca. 40 cm
Weight: 170-210 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Red-necked Crake at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Near-lateral view of a Red-necked Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Close-up lateral view of a Red-necked Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Red-necked Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Red-necked Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Near-dorsal view of a Red-necked Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Dorsal view of a Red-necked Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

Food, Diet

Lateral view of a Red-necked Crake visiting a water bowl (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, November 2018]

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