Overview
Baillon's crake has a short straight yellow or green bill, green legs. The crake is mostly brown with white markings, and a blue-green face.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Bird
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Zapornia
- Species
- pusilla
Habitat
Swamps and wetlands.
Diet
Insects and aquatic animals.
Behavior
These birds probe with their bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and aquatic animals. Baillon's crakes are very secretive in the breeding season, and are then mostly heard rather than seen. They are then noisy birds, with a rattling call like that of the edible frog, or perhaps garganey. They can be easier to see on migration or when wintering.
Hunting
More information needed.
Conservation Status
Listed as Least Concern by IUCN.