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Red-necked Crake
(Rallina tricolor)
: "Red-necked Rail", "Tricoloured Rail", "Scrub Rail"
Size: 23-29 cm; wing span ca. 40 cm
Weight: 170-210 g
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Physical description |
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Red-necked Crakes are medium-sized wetland birds.
Their head, neck and chest are chestnut, while the
rest of the
plumage
is dark-grey, with some barring on the vent/undertail
coverts.
The eyes with red irises are surrounded by narrow
off-white eye-rings.
The bill is pale yellow-greenish; legs and feet are
greyish-yellow.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See Red-necked
Crake at Wikipedia .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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Click here for information on habitat
and range
The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and
specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found,
based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to
ebird.org
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The global distribution of the Red-necked Crake is available
HERE
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Red-necked Crakes populate parts of eastern Indonesia (Moluccas,
Lesser Sunda Islands), New Guinea and north-eastern Australia.
In Australia Red-necked Crakes live only in two areas on the eastern
coastal fringe of far-northern QLD.
One is the eastern side of the tip of Cape York peninsula, around
Lockhart, QLD, the other ranges from Cooktown, QLD, in the North to
Townsville, QLD, in the South.
Red-necked Crakes live in
in rainforest
and in forest
around permanent wetlands.
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Sightings |
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Both B. Hensen and M. Eaton report spotting Red-necked Crakes at
Kingfisher Park, Julatten, QLD, in November 2018.
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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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]
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Food, Diet |
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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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