Black Crake
Zapornia flavirostra
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,566
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black crake (Zapornia flavirostra) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae. It breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa except in very arid areas. It undertakes some seasonal movements in those parts of its range which are subject to drought. No subspecies have been described. It appears that the oldest available name for this species is actually Rallus niger J. F. Gmelin, 1788, but Swainson believed that the earlier name was unidentifiable, and his own has since become well embedded in the literature.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black crake”.