Spotted Crake

Porzana porzana - Marouette ponctuée

Marouette ponctuée
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Porzana

  • Species
    :

    porzana

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 24 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 37 à 42 cm.
  • Weight
    : 60 à 115 g
Longevity

7 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Marouette ponctuée
adult plum. breeding
Marouette ponctuée
First year

Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Marouette ponctuée,
  • Polluela pintoja,
  • franga-de-água-malhada,
  • Tüpfelsumpfhuhn,
  • pettyes vízicsibe,
  • Porseleinhoen,
  • Voltolino,
  • småfläckig sumphöna,
  • Myrrikse,
  • chriašť bodkovaný,
  • chřástal kropenatý,
  • Plettet Rørvagtel,
  • luhtahuitti,
  • Gevlekte Riethaan,
  • polla pintada europea,
  • Dílarella,
  • kropiatka,
  • ormanītis,
  • grahasta tukalica,
  • Погоныш,
  • コモンクイナ,
  • 斑胸田鸡,
  • นกอัญชันเล็กลายจุด,
  • 斑胸田雞,

Voice song and cries

Marouette ponctuée
adult

Habitat

Marouette ponctuée
adult

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

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Shrub Dominated Wetlands, 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) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Wastewater Treatment Areas, Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land, Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches

Geographic range

Distribution

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: 05-03-2009
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