Summary ³

The Band-bellied Crake (Zapornia paykullii) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in China, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is getting rare due to habitat loss.

It is a very rare vagrant to Singapore. The only confirmed record were at Jurong Lake in Feb-Mar 2014, and Botanic Gardens in Jan-Feb 2018.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tan Kok Hui
2. (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://picasaweb.google.com/107386319100895694067/OurBirdingTrips04?authkey=Gv1sRgCJDz5oS70oSHbg#5992407462943384050
3. Adapted by Tan Kok Hui from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porzana_paykullii

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