Black-tailed Crake

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When to see the Black-tailed Crake

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-tailed Crake

The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Vietnam.

About the Black-tailed Crake

The black-tailed crake is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Easily confused with

Band-bellied CrakeZapornia paykulliiThe band-bellied crake is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. 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.