Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris) - HBW 3, p. 182
French: Râle à bec jaune
German: Mohrensumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Negra Africana
Taxonomy: Gallinula flavirostra Swainson, 1837, Senegal.
Sometimes included in Porzana, or placed in monospecific Limnocorax, but inseparable from Amaurornis on skeletal characters. Forms superspecies with A. olivieri. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa, from N edge of Sahel zone S to Cape, except in desert regions of NE & SW.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult and juvenile feeding at panic bird Hide (Skukuza) Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 18 August 2011 22 weeks ago 26 sec 4.5 -
An adult feeding on the ground Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 7 years ago 35 sec 4.2 -
2 adult birds and later the immature bird with the black bill Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 26 December 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 23 sec 4 -
A bird running across lily leaves Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 12 April 2002 3 years ago 18 sec 3.9 -
Two birds feeding by a little dam Locality Ziwani Camp, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 August 2000 5 years ago 31 sec 3.9 -
A bird moving in a papyrys swamp Locality Lake Mutanda, Entebbe, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 4 years ago 23 sec 3.5
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in a small pond
Locality Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania
Marco Valentini 15 August 2005 7 weeks ago 4.2 -
Catch.
Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 12 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
In the African pavilion.
Locality Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 6 August 2011 27 weeks ago 3.5 -
Walking slowly along the lake
Locality Lake Ziway, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 1 February 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
is this real or a plastic toy?
Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Stefan Helming 28 December 2009 2 years ago 2.7 -
Adult bird at close range
Locality Molopo Eye, Mafikeng, North West Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Loutjie Steenberg 20 August 2009 49 weeks ago 2.5
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2 birds calling. 10:44am. By Vogelfontein bird hides. Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 21 December 2009 2 years ago 4.8
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