Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Band-bellied Crake (Porzana paykullii) - HBW 3, p. 187
French: Marouette mandarin
German: Mandarinsumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Mandarín
Other common names: Siberian Ruddy/Chinese Banded Crake
Taxonomy: Rallus Paykullii Ljungh, 1813, Banjarmasin, Borneo, and Jakarta, Java.
Sometimes placed in genus Rallina; further study of relationships required. Monotypic.
Distribution: Russian Far East (SW Amurland and S Ussuriland), NE China (Heilongjiang, Hebei and N Henan) and Korea. Winters in SE Asia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. One specimen from Basilan, Philippines, is a Rallina fasciata.
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Band-bellied Crake feeding inside a small park of Hong Kong Island Locality Hong Kong
LouisCheung 1 May 2009 3 years ago 42 sec 4
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The bird was found in a small park at a hill of Hong Kong Island
Locality Hong Kong
LouisCheung 8 May 2009 4 years ago 3.8 -
The bird is searching for food
Locality Hong Kong
LouisCheung 8 May 2009 4 years ago 3.7
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A bird in a reedbed, calling at night. Locality Razdolnaya River Estuary, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 June 2009 3 years ago 4.3
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