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;[[:Category:Porzana|Porzana]] pusilla | ;[[:Category:Porzana|Porzana]] pusilla | ||
| − | [[Image:Baillons_Crake.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mitcon | + | [[Image:Baillons_Crake.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''Mitcon'''<br>Location: Adelaide, South [[Australia]]]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
From [[Europe]] and [[Africa]] to east [[Asia]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]]. | From [[Europe]] and [[Africa]] to east [[Asia]], [[Australia]], and [[New Zealand]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| + | *''P. p. intermedia'' - Europe to Asia Minor, e and s Africa and Madagascar | ||
| + | *''P. p. pusilla'' - Central and e Asia; winters to India, Malaya and Philippines | ||
| + | *''P. p. mira'' - Known from a 1912 specimen from Borneo | ||
| + | *''P. p. mayri'' - Known from 4 specimens from New Guinea | ||
| + | *''P. p. palustris'' - E New Guinea, s Australia (winters to n); accidental Tasmania | ||
| + | *''P. p. affinis'' - New Zealand and Chatham Islands | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== | ||
| − | <flashmp3>Porzana pusilla (song).mp3</flashmp3><br | + | <flashmp3>Porzana pusilla (song).mp3</flashmp3><br> |
''[[Media:Porzana pusilla (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Porzana pusilla (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | # Clements James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Porzana+pusilla}} | {{GSearch|Porzana+pusilla}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=33&bid=415 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=33&bid=415 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Incomplete]][[Category:Porzana]] |
Revision as of 02:38, 15 July 2008
- Porzana pusilla
Identification
Distribution
From Europe and Africa to east Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
Taxonomy
Subspecies1
- P. p. intermedia - Europe to Asia Minor, e and s Africa and Madagascar
- P. p. pusilla - Central and e Asia; winters to India, Malaya and Philippines
- P. p. mira - Known from a 1912 specimen from Borneo
- P. p. mayri - Known from 4 specimens from New Guinea
- P. p. palustris - E New Guinea, s Australia (winters to n); accidental Tasmania
- P. p. affinis - New Zealand and Chatham Islands
Habitat
Behaviour
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Porzana pusilla (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
References
- Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
