Spotted Crake

The Spotted crake measures 19 to 22 centimetres in length and they weigh 57 to 147 grams, the wingspan of the Spotted crake is 37 to 42 centimetres.

The colors and other information of the main topographical elements are...

Beak: Yellow with a small red face shield, immature Spotted crakes have a beak which is black and yellow.

Head: Two grey stripes and one central brown stripe, immature Spotted crakes have a olive head with white-spots. Hatchlings are black.

Iris: Black.

Pupil: Black.

Mantle: Brown with white-spots.

Lesser coverts: Brown with white-spots.

Scapulars: Brown with white-spots.

Coverts: Brown with white-spots.

Tertials: Brown with white-spots.

Rump: Light-brown with white-streaks, immature Spotted crakes have olive rump with white-spots.

Primaries: Brown, the immature Spotted crakes have white-spots on the primaries.

Vent: Buff. Hatchlings are black.

Thigh: White. Hatchlings are black.

Tibio-tarsal articulation: Yellow.

Tarsus: Yellow.

Feet: Green, long toes.

Tibia: Yellow.

Belly: White. Hatchlings are black.

Flanks: White with barring and white-spots. Hatchlings are black.

Breast: Brown with white-spots, the immature Spotted crake has a olive breast with white-spots. Hatchlings are black.

Throat: Brown, the immature Spotted crake has white-spots on the throat. Hatchlings are black.

They belong to the Kingdom Animalia, the Phylum is Chordata, the Class is Aves, the Order is Gruiformes, the Family is Rallidae, the Genus is Porzana, the Binomial name is Porzana porzana.

Sounds
The Spotted crake is noisy, they produce a distinctive repetitive hwuit hwuit.

Diet
The Spotted crake probes it's beak in mud and shallow water, the Spotted crake tries to pick food by sight. The Spotted crake eat insects and aquatic animals.

Habitat
The Spotted crake does not breed in India and it migrates.

Breeding & Nesting
They nest in a dry location in marsh vegetation and sedge beds, laying 6–15 eggs at a time.

Threats, Predators & Conservation Status
500000 to 999999 in number, the Spotted crake is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.