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Black Crake

Zapornia flavirostra

The Black Crake is a small, colorful bird that loves to live near water. It has a bright yellow bill and can often be seen walking around in wetlands, looking for tasty bugs and seeds.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Black Crake is a small, entirely black bird with striking bright yellow legs and a vivid yellow bill. Its plumage is uniformly sooty black, making the contrasting yellow features highly visible and distinct from other dark marsh birds.

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Black Crake
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Black Crake

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A baby Black Crake is covered in fluffy black down when it hatches!

Despite being a water bird, Black Crakes do not have webbed feet!

Their eggs can be different shades, even in the same nest!

These secretive birds are much easier to hear calling than they are to spot!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Marsh Navigator

Black Crake can squeeze through dense reeds and grass because of its narrow body shape, helping it hide and move silently.

Fähigkeit

Expert Wader

Black Crake has long, strong toes that help them walk across floating vegetation without sinking, perfect for wetland life.

Fähigkeit

Secretive Forager

Black Crake can deftly probe soft mud with its pointed yellow bill to find hidden insects and larvae.

Maße und Details

Länge
19-23 cm
Flügelspannweite
30-40 cm
Gewicht
0.044-0.087 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-7 Jahre
Gelegegröße
2-6
Brutzeit
13-19 Tage
Zugstrecke
0 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

Black Crakes are omnivores, munching on insects, small fish, and seeds from aquatic plants.

Hauptnahrung

  • Insects
  • Insect larvae
  • Small fish
  • Crustaceans
  • Aquatic seeds

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

African Fish Eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Juvenile or adult crakes can be prey for this large raptor.

eaten by

Nile Monitor

Varanus niloticus

Monitor lizards may prey on crake eggs, chicks, or adults.

eaten by

African Clawless Otter

Aonyx capensis

Otters are opportunistic predators in wetland environments.

hunts

Mosquito

Anopheles gambiae

Crakes feed on mosquito larvae in the water, helping control populations.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Black Crake?

19-23 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Black Crake?

30-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Black Crake?

0.044-0.087 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Black Crake?

3-7 Jahre

Was frisst Black Crake?

Black Crakes are omnivores, munching on insects, small fish, and seeds from aquatic plants.

Wo findet man Black Crake normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Black Crake?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das gelegegröße von Black Crake?

2-6

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