Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca) - HBW 3, p. 187

French: Marouette brune German: Zimtsumpfhuhn Spanish: Polluela Pechirrufa
Other common names: Ruddy Crake(!)

Taxonomy: Rallus fuscus Linnaeus, 1766, Philippines.
Sometimes placed in Amaurornis. Possible race bakeri included in nominate. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

fusca (Linnaeus, 1766) - Pakistan and N India to SC China (Yunnan) and Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Philippines and W Indonesia.
zeylonica (Stuart Baker, 1927) - W India and Sri Lanka.
erythrothorax (Temminck & Schlegel, 1849) - Japan, E & S China and Indochina; N populations winter to S.
phaeopyga Stejneger, 1887 - Ryukyu Is.