How do you identify a Red-necked Crake?

The red-necked crake is a large crake (length 25 cm, wingspan 40 cm, weight 200 g). Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Red-necked Crake?

The Red-necked Crake is a medium sized bird weighing about 178 g.

Where can you see a Red-necked Crake?

The Red-necked Crake occurs in 3 countries, including Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

What birds look similar to a Red-necked Crake?

The Red-necked Crake is most easily confused with the Red-legged Crake, the Andaman Crake and the Slaty-legged Crake.

Is the Red-necked Crake endangered?

The Red-necked Crake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Red-necked Crake

Rallina tricolor

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Gruiformes · Rare

The Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor) is a rare rails, gallinules, and coot found in 3 countries, weighing about 178 g. The red-necked crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.

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Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 1 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 2 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 3 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 4 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 5 — Photo: Alan Bell · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 6 — Photo: Donald Hobern · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 7 — Photo: Donald Hobern · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 8 — Photo: wilmotsenaratne · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 9 — Photo: Kym Nicolson · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 10 — Photo: Nathan Ruser · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the Red-necked Crake

The red-necked crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.

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How to identify it

The red-necked crake is a large crake (length 25 cm, wingspan 40 cm, weight 200 g). Its head, neck and breast are red-brown, with a paler version of that color on the throat. The upperparts are grey-brown, while the underparts are grey-brown with pale barring. The underwing is barred black and white, the bill green, and the legs grey-brown. Voice: The crake makes repetitive clicking calls and soft grunts.

Where it lives

Australia Indonesia Papua New Guinea

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in November. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Red-necked Crake?: The red-necked crake is a large crake (length 25 cm, wingspan 40 cm, weight 200 g). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Red-necked Crake?: The Red-necked Crake is a medium sized bird weighing about 178 g.
Where can you see a Red-necked Crake?: The Red-necked Crake occurs in 3 countries, including Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
What birds look similar to a Red-necked Crake?: The Red-necked Crake is most easily confused with the Red-legged Crake, the Andaman Crake and the Slaty-legged Crake.
Is the Red-necked Crake endangered?: The Red-necked Crake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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