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The grey-breasted crake is 14 to 15.5 cm (5.5 to 6.1 in) long. Males weigh 26.5 to 39 g (0.93 to 1.4 oz) and females 29 to 43 g (1.0 to 1.5 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a pale gray head and breast, a white throat, and a chesnut nape. The rest of their upperparts are olive brown and their flanks are heavily barred black and white. Voice: The grey-breasted crake has several vocalizations including "a series of 2–10 'tink' or 'keek' notes; also descending musical rattle and quiet, sharp 'check'."
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When to see the Grey-breasted Crake
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Grey-breasted Crake
The map shades 19 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Grey-breasted Crake
The grey-breasted crake is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.
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Easily confused with
Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventerThe yellow-breasted crake is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long.
Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisThe black rail is a small black bird with a short bill.
Dot-winged CrakeLaterallus spilopteraThe dot-winged crake is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long.
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