中小型涉禽
体长 25~26 cm
红色 /red
橄榄绿色,嘴基黑色 /greenish-yellow with dark tip
红色 /red
目 │ 鹤形目GRUIFORMES 科 │ 秧鸡科Rallidae
野外识别 │ 雄鸟上体橄榄褐色,头侧、颈侧和胸蓝灰色,颏、喉污白色,腹和尾下覆羽橄榄褐色。雌鸟稍小,体色暗淡无斑纹。
居留及分布 │ 分布于南亚次大陆及中南半岛,中国主要分布于华东和华南地区。在南岭为夏候鸟,不常见,于秤架、乳阳有记录。
生境及习性 │ 栖息于沼泽地、草灌丛、水田,以及河流、湖泊、池塘边的灌丛、疏林地等地带。一般成对活动。性机警、隐蔽,善步行,很少飞行。杂食性,主要取食蜗牛、昆虫、蜘蛛等动物性食物,也食草籽和水生植物的嫩茎和根。繁殖期 5—9 月。在岸边使用枯草筑巢。窝卵数 4~6 枚,卵淡黄色。
Field identification │ Similar to Black-tailed Crake but larger and with the crown, upperparts and tail dark olive-brown, the chin whitish and the face, neck and underparts slaty.
Distribution & status │ Distributed from India to southeast China, with the subspecies coccineipes occurring in China. In Nanling, it is a summer visitor, recorded at Chengjia and Ruyang.
Habitat & habits │ Brown Crakes occur on streams, fishpond edges and wet farmland, where they feed on worms, molluscs, aquatic insects and their larvae, and the seeds of aquatic plants. They nest in Guangdong in May.
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