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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.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Aves

Rareza

Common

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 19-23 cm
Envergadura: 30-40 cm
Peso: 0.044-0.087 kg
Esperanza de vida: 3-7 años
Tamaño de la puesta: 2-6
Incubación: 13-19 días
Distancia de migración: 0 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Insects
Insect larvae
Small fish
Crustaceans
Aquatic seeds

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Omnívoro

Este rasgo identifica organismos cuya dieta incluye tanto materia vegetal como animal.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.