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Red-necked Crake

Rallina tricolor

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestPlatform nestMedium · 178 g
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 1
Photo: Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 2
Photo: Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 3
Photo: Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 4
Photo: Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 5
Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 6
Photo: Kym Nicolson · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 7
Photo: Nathan Ruser · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor), photo 8
Photo: Kym Nicolson · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

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.

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When to see the Red-necked Crake

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-necked Crake

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Australia Indonesia Papua New Guinea

About the Red-necked Crake

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

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Easily confused with

Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata) Red-legged CrakeRallina fasciataIt is a medium-large crake (length 24 cm). Andaman Crake (Rallina canningi) Andaman CrakeRallina canningiThis is the largest Rallina, measuring about 34 cm in length. Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides) Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoidesThe slaty-legged crake is about 25 cm long.

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