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GrasslandSmall · 51 g
When to see the Striped Crake
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Striped Crake
The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 3 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 Congo - Brazzaville, Spain, Rwanda.
About the Striped Crake
The striped crake is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only species in the genus Aenigmatolimnas, having formerly been included in Porzana or in Poliolimnas. Its precise relationships, however, are still enigmatic.
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Easily confused with
Swinhoe's RailCoturnicops exquisitusSwinhoe's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae occurring in northeastern Asia.
Woodford's RailGallirallus woodfordiWoodford's rail, also known as the Guadalcanal rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
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