Ruddy Crake

The bird occurs from Mexico south to north-west Costa Rica. It is found in freshwater habitats such as marshes, reedbeds, damp fields and ditches.

The Ruddy Crake is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Ruddy Crake (Laterallus ruber) is a bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is a small crake, 14-16.5 cm in length. It is mostly bright chestnut in colour with a paler chin and belly, blackish crown and dark grey ear-coverts. The bill is black, the iris is red and the legs and feet are olive-green. The bird occurs from Mexico south to north-west Costa Rica. It is found in freshwater habitats such as marshes, reedbeds, damp fields and ditches. More

The Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca), or Ruddy Crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across south Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japan and Indonesia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from the Australian territory of Christmas Island. This crake nests in a dry location on the ground in marsh vegetation, laying 6-9 eggs. More

Ruddy Crake - Definition = Ruddy-breasted Crake Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae Genus: Porzana Species: fusca Binomial name Porzana fusca More

Southern Ruddy Crake last seen in city 20 years ago SPOTTED: The Southern Ruddy Crake Chennai : Naturalists have been gladdened by the recent sighting of Southern Ruddy Crake, a bird last seen in the northern fringes of the city around 20 years ago. A wetland inhabitant, the bird was sighted last week in Nanmangalam forests near Gowrivakkam. (Prior to that it was seen about two decades ago in Madhavaram and Manali Jheels). More