Band-bellied Crake

When to see the Band-bellied Crake

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Band-bellied Crake

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Thailand, South Korea.

About the Band-bellied Crake

The band-bellied crake is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It breeds in Manchuria, eastern China and northern Korea; it winters throughout Southeast Asia.

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Easily confused with

Henderson CrakeZapornia atraThe Henderson crake or red-eyed crake, also Henderson Island crake or Henderson Island rail, is a species of flightless bird in the family Rallidae. Sakalava RailZapornia olivieriSakalava rail measures 19 cm with grey underparts, a yellow bill and red eyes. Black-tailed CrakeZapornia bicolorIt is slate-gray with a chestnut brown back.