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ForestPlatform nestMedium · 109 g
ID tip
The slaty-legged crake is about 25 cm long. Its body is flattened laterally to allow easier passage through the undergrowth. It has long toes and a short tail. Colouring includes a brown back, chestnut head and breast, and strong black-and-white barring on the flanks, belly and undertail. The throat is white, the bill is yellowish, and the legs are green. Sexes are similar; juveniles are dark brown above and below, although they have the belly barring and white throat.
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When to see the Slaty-legged Crake
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Slaty-legged Crake
The map shades 16 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 Nepal.
About the Slaty-legged Crake
The slaty-legged crake or banded crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.
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Easily confused with
Red-necked CrakeRallina tricolorThe red-necked crake is a large crake (length 25 cm, wingspan 40 cm, weight 200 g).
Red-legged CrakeRallina fasciataIt is a medium-large crake (length 24 cm).
Andaman CrakeRallina canningiThis is the largest Rallina, measuring about 34 cm in length.
Side by side: Slaty-legged Crake vs Uniform Crake
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