Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Kleinriethaan
Common Names in Dutch:
Kleinst Waterhoen
Common Names in English:
Baillon's Crake, BaillonÌs Crake, Baillons Crake
Common Names in French:
Marouette De Baillon
Common Names in German:
Zwergsumpfhuhn
Common Names in Hebrew:
ברודית גמדית
Common Names in Italian:
Schiribilla Grigiata
Common Names in Japanese:
ヒメクイナ
Common Names in Russian:
Pogonysh-Kroshka, Погоныш-крошка
Common Names in Spanish:
Polluela Chica
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,226 meters (0 to 4,022 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Ralliformes
()
- Reichenbach, 1854
- Order:
Ralliformes
(
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Porzana pusilla (Pallas
Similar Species
Members of the genus Porzana
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. albicollis (White-Throated Crake) · P. albicollis albicollis (White-Throated Crake) · P. astrictocarpus (Little St. Helena Rail) · P. atra (Henderson Island Crake) · P. bicolor (Black-Tailed Crake) · P. carolina (Little American Water Hen) · P. cinerea (White-Browed Crake) · P. egregia (African Crake) · P. erythrops (San Cristobal Mountain Rail) · P. flavirostra (African Black Crake) · P. flaviventer (Yellow-Breasted Crake) · P. flaviventer flaviventer (Yellow-Breasted Crake) · P. fluminea (Australian Spotted Crake) · P. fusca (Ruddy-Breasted Crake) · P. fusca fusca (Ruddy-Breasted Crake) · P. marginalis (Hudsonian Curlew) · P. monasa (Kusaie Island Crake) · P. nigra (Miller's Rail) · P. palmeri (Laysan Crake) · P. parva (Little Crake) · P. parva parva (Little Crake) · P. paykullii (Band-Bellied Crake) · P. porzana (Spotted Crake) · P. pusilla (BaillonÌs Crake) · P. pusilla pusilla (BaillonÌs Crake) · P. sandwichensis (Hawaiian Crake) · P. spiloptera (Dot-Winged Crake) · P. tabuensis (Spotless Crake) · P. tabuensis tabuensis (Spotless Crake)
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. url p. 213.
- A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. .. Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] url p. 206.
- Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews: preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology / by R.C. Andrews. .. [et al.] [New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1926-1930]. url p. 600.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 183.
- Further notes on Nepal birds [by] Robert L. Fleming and Melvin A. Traylor. 35 1964 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1964. url p. 518.
- Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums. Kuala Lumpur: the Museums, 1905-1936. url p. 213, p. 356.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 95.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 853.
- The Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. [Bangkok, Thailand]: The Society, url p. 42.
- The journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. [London: Luzac, 1914]-1924. url p. 42.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1693495
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13903582
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 855454
Footnotes
- Mean = 777.670 meters (2,551.411 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,098.190 based on 6 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
