Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor)
About the Black-tailed Crake
The black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam. It is slate-gray with a chestnut brown back. Its eyes are red. Its slender legs are pinkish-red. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of foods including invertebrates, insects (particularly parasites off of large animals), fish, frogs, seeds of aquatic plants, bird eggs, worms, mollusks, grass, and berries.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 14 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in China, India, Thailand in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusillarecording
- Black CrakeZapornia flavirostrarecording
- Little CrakeZapornia parvarecording
- Ruddy-breasted CrakeZapornia fuscarecording
- Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.