Baillon's Crake

Zapornia pusilla - Marouette de Baillon

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Zapornia

  • Species
    :

    pusilla

Descriptor

Pallas, 1776

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 19 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 33 à 37 cm.
  • Weight
    : 40 à 50 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Marouette de Baillon
adult
Marouette de Baillon
juvenile

Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Zapornia pusilla pusilla (c and e Asia)
  • Zapornia pusilla intermedia (Europe to Asia Minor; n, e, s Africa, Madagascar.)
  • Zapornia pusilla mira (Borneo)
  • Zapornia pusilla mayri (New Guinea)
  • Zapornia pusilla palustris (e New Guinea, Australia)
  • Zapornia pusilla affinis (New Zealand, Chatham Is.)

Foreign names

  • Marouette de Baillon,
  • Polluela chica,
  • franga-de-água-pequena,
  • Zwergsumpfhuhn,
  • törpevízicsibe,
  • Kleinst Waterhoen,
  • Schiribilla grigiata,
  • dvärgsumphöna,
  • Dvergrikse,
  • chriašť najmenší,
  • chřástal nejmenší,
  • Dværgrørvagtel,
  • kääpiöhuitti,
  • Kleinriethaan,
  • rasclet europeu,
  • Dvergrella,
  • karliczka (zwyczajna),
  • ceru ormanītis,
  • pritlikava tukalica,
  • Погоныш-крошка,
  • Tikusan kerdil,
  • ヒメクイナ,
  • 小田鸡,
  • นกอัญชันเล็ก,
  • 小秧雞〔小田雞〕,

Voice song and cries

Marouette de Baillon
adult

Habitat

Marouette de Baillon
adult plum. breeding

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Strea

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Ponds (below 8ha), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 08-09-2015
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