Black-tailed crake explained

The black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.^[1] It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.

Description

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.

Diet

It is omnivorous,^[2] eating a wide range of foods including invertebrates, insects (particularly parasites off of large animals), fish, frogs, seeds of aqautic plants, bird eggs,^[3] worms, mollusks, grass, and berries.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 8 July 2019 .
2. Norbu . Lam . Thinley . Phuntsho . Wangchuck . Tandin . Dechen . Ugyen . Dorji . Lekey . Choephel . Tshering . Dorji . Pasang . 2021-08-26 . On the high bird diversity in the non-protected regions of Trashiyangtse District in Bhutan . Journal of Threatened Taxa . 13 . 9 . 19274–19292 . 10.11609/jott.6843.13.9.19274-19292 . 0974-7907. free .
3. Web site: Black Crake Franklin Park Zoo . 2023-08-31 . zoonewengland.org.
4. Web site: Faheem . Mahmood Syed . Black-tailed crake . 2023-08-31.