Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) - HBW 3, p. 189
French: Marouette fuligineuse
German: Südsee-Sumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela de Tongatapu
Other common names: Sooty Crake
Taxonomy: Rallus tabuensis Gmelin, 1789, Tongatapu Group, Tonga.
Forms superspecies with P. atra and P. monasa. Geographical variation slight, and validity of subspecies requires confirmation. Possible race plumbea of S Australia and New Zealand included in nominate tabuensis. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tabuensis (Gmelin, 1789) - Philippines (Luzon) through Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and Chatham Is to New Caledonia and SW Pacific islands and E through Micronesia and Polynesia.
- edwardi Gyldenstolpe, 1955 - W & C New Guinea.
- richardsoni Rand, 1940 - Oranje Mts in C Irian Jaya (W New Guinea).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Nick Talbot 24 February 2006 5 years ago 14 sec 3.7 -
An immature searching for food and then running away Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Nick Talbot 25 February 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 3.7 -
A bird feeding on floating weed Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Nick Talbot 3 June 2005 4 years ago 14 sec 3.6 -
An adult foraging Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Nick Talbot 25 February 2006 5 years ago 27 sec 3.6 -
An adult feeding on the ground Locality Sherwood Arboretum, Sherwood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Tom Tarrant 31 October 1994 7 years ago 17 sec 3.4 -
two birds on muddy edge of reed bed, twice make a hasty retreat (due to a Dusky Moorhen) Locality Lake Monger, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Martin Kennewell 7 February 2011 52 weeks ago 48 sec 3.3
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This particular bird provided sustained views while it foraged in the open but never too far from cover.
Locality Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 20 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
Spotless Crake foraging
Locality Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 29 October 2011 14 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird at the edge of a muddy pool heading into a reed-bed.
Locality Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Philip Griffin 27 January 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
Adult feeding on lakes edge.
Locality Lake Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Tom Tarrant 13 September 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
On mud of drying up wetland together with Baillon's Crake (digiscoped)
Locality Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Peter Waanders 21 January 2010 1 year ago 2 -
Sometimes bold, sometimes shy
Locality Fyshwick Sewage Ponds, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp tabuensis)
Geoffrey Dabb 20 March 2010 2 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 0
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