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Porzana parva

Photo by Pavel
Location: Shabla, Bulgaria

[edit] Identification

17-19

• Short straight yellow bill with a red base
• Green legs with long toes
• Short tail is barred black, white underneath

Adult males

• Mainly brown upperparts
• Slate-grey face and underparts

Females

• Whitish throat
• Buff underparts
• Grey only on the face
  

Immatures are similar to the female but have a white face and breast

The downy chicks are black, as with all rails

[edit] Similar Species

Water Rail and Spotted Crake

[edit] Distribution

Europe, and western Asia.

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Reedbeds

[edit] Behaviour

Most active at dawn and dusk

[edit] Flight

Similar to Water Rail and Spotted Crake

[edit] Breeding

4-7 eggs are laid in nests built in reeds.

[edit] Diet

Diet includes insects and aquatic animals.

They probe with their bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Wikipedia
2. Collins Field Guide 5th edition

[edit] External Links