Ash-throated Crake - BirdForum Opus

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Parque do Zizo, Brazil.

Mustelirallus albicollis

Porzana albicollis

Identification

• Brownish back with black and olive-brown streaks
• Slate-grey underparts
• Pale grey throat
• Black tail
• Lower flanks and under tail coverts barred black and white
• Short bill
  

Sexes are alike.

Distribution

This species is found in South America from Colombia to Argentina east of the Andes.

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species^[1] consisting of 2 subspecies.

Placed in genus Mustelirallus by Clements.

Subspecies¹

• M. a. typhoeca:

• Northern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas and Suriname; Trinidad

• M. a. albicollis:

• Eastern Brazil to Paraguay, eastern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina

Habitat

Swamps and areas of seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

Behaviour

Breeding

Between 2 and 5 eggs are laid in a nest which is a large open bowl made out of dry grass, placed on the ground or just above and hidden between tree roots or by the grass.

Diet

The diet includes insects and insect larvae and grass seeds.

Vocalisation

Recording by Andrew Whitehouse

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ash-throated Crake. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ash-throated_Crake

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