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Black Crake

Zapornia flavirostra
(Swainson, WJ, 1837)
Polluela Negra Africana
Family: Rallidae
Order: Gruiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Amaurornis flavirostris, Gallinula flavirostra.


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Number of Photography: 14

Foto
Photography ID: 360635
  Adult
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Western Region
Uganda
07/25/2019
Diego Oscar
Foto
Photography ID: 325302
  Adult
Pantano de Mabamba
Central Region
Uganda
06/11/2018
Eugenia Boggiano
Foto
Photography ID: 271823
  Adult
Olifants
Limpopo
South Africa
02/24/2018
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 218075
 Maun
Central
Botswana
08/27/2017
Hugo Caverzasi
Foto
Photography ID: 195363
  Adult
Lake Naivasha
Valle del Rift
Kenya
03/04/2017
Edith Polverini
Foto
Photography ID: 130449
  Adult
Nigel
Gauteng
South Africa
08/01/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo



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Number of Records: 26



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
242319308/01/2026UgandaWestern RegionKazinga Channel, Parque Nacional Reina Elizabeth1Hugo Caverzasi
225974321/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionQueen Elizabeth Ii Np--kazinga Channel Navegación1Silvina Collado
225971021/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionQueen Elizabeth Ii Np--lion Savannah1Silvina Collado
225870121/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionQueen Elizabeth Ii Np--kazinga Channel Navegación1Julian Uriel Collado
225866821/01/2025UgandaWestern RegionQueen Elizabeth Ii Np--lion Savannah1Julian Uriel Collado
223591801/01/2025EthiopiaSidamoLake Hawassa1Gerardo Lloret
192397011/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalIntaka Island Hide, Cape Town1Luis Cesar Tejo
192383011/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalIntaka Island Hide, Cape Town1Daniela Espinosa
182262707/08/2023KenyaValle del RiftParque Nacional Lago NaivashaPatricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias
113653025/07/2019UgandaWestern RegionKazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National ParkVictor Hugo Michelini
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.