Brown Crake

When to see the Brown Crake

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown 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 Taiwan.

About the Brown Crake

The brown crake, or brown bush-hen, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family (Rallidae) found in South Asia. The species name, akool, is of uncertain origin. It may come from Hindu mythology, or it may be a derivation of the Sinhalese word kukkula, which is used for both moorhen and watercock.

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Easily confused with

Black-tailed CrakeZapornia bicolorIt is slate-gray with a chestnut brown back. Little CrakeZapornia parvaThe little crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae. parva is Latin for "small". Band-bellied CrakeZapornia paykulliiThe band-bellied crake is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.