Band-bellied crake
In Thai: นกอัญชันจีน, nok an-chan jeen
Binomial name: Porzana paykullii, Sven Ingemar Ljungh, 1813
The band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
It is found in China, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
It is getting rare due to habitat loss.
In 1813 the Swedish taxon author Sven Ingemar Ljungh named the bird after the naturalist Gustaf von Paykull.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Porzana
- Species
- Porzana paykullii
Common names
- Thai: นกอัญชันจีน, nok an-chan jeen
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Photos
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