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White-browed Crake
(Amaurornis [Porzana] cinerea)
: "Marsh Crake",
"Little Crake"
Size: 18-20 cm
Weight: 45-60 g
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Physical description |
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White-browed Crakes are small wetland birds. They have a grey front
(throat, chest, belly) and a brown-black mottled back (black
feathers with brown lining on the cap, nape of the neck, mantle,
upperwings and uppertail). They are most easily distinguished
by their characteristic black eye stripe that intersects white
patches on their eyebrows and upper cheeks. The irises are red,
the bill is yellowish-green, with an orange base and the legs
and feet are also yellowish-green. They have very large feet,
allowing them to walk on lilypads.
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Taxonomy, classification |
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See White-browed
Crake at Wikipedia .
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
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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 White-browed Crake is available
HERE
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The range of White-browed Crakes extends from far-eastern Asia
(Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines), via
eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, to south-Asian islands
(such as Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands), to parts of Australia.
In Australia they can be found along the
entire North coast of the continent, from about Broome, WA, in the
West, through the Top End of the NT (except parts of Arnhemland),
along the South coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, along Cape York
peninsula and southward along the QLD coast, to about the Burdekin
River in the South.
White-browed Crakes have a preference for well-vegetated
swamps.
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Sightings |
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B. Hensen reports spotting a White-browed Crake at
Fogg Dam NR,
NT, in July 2013.
P. Brown reports finding a White-browed Crake at the Palmerston
Golf Course, Palmerston, NT, in December 2019.
M. Eaton found a White-browed Crake at McMinns Lagoon, near
Darwin, NT, in July 2020.
M. Eaton also spotted a White-browed Crake at Horseshoe Lagoon,
Hodel Road, Burdekin, QLD, in September 2020 and another at Tyto
Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, in September 2020.
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Photos |
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ADULT |
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Frontal view of an adult White-browed Crake in a
swamp
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR,
NT, July 2013]
Frontal view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Near-frontal view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR,
NT, July 2013]
Near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Horseshoe Lagoon, Hodel Road, Burdekin, QLD, September 2020]
Lateral view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR,
NT, July 2013]
Lateral view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Palmerston Golf Course, Palmerston, NT, December 2019]
Lateral view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
Near-dorsal view of a White-browed Crake
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]
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