Black Crake / Zapornia flavirostra
| Black Crake bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | African Black Crake, Black Rail, Black waterhen |
| Old latin name for bird | Gallinula flavirostra, Porzana flavirostra, Amaurornis flavirostris, Rallus niger, Limnocorax niger, Limnocorax flavirostris, Amaurornis flavirostra, Limnocorax flavirostra, Amaurornis niger |
| Order | Cranes, rails and relatives / Gruiformes |
| Family | Rails, Crakes & Coots / Rallidae |
| Genus | Zapornia |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | widespread |
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Related species
St. Helena Crake
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Laysan Rail
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Black-tailed Crake
Where to see Black Crake
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Black Crake subspecies (0)
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartriethaan |
| Azerbaijani | qara çivdimdik |
| Bulgarian | Африканска пъструшка |
| Catalan | polla negra |
| Chinese | 黑苦恶鸟 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑苦惡鳥 |
| Croatian | crna štijoka, Crni štijoka |
| Czech | chřástal žlutozobý, Chrástal žlutozobý |
| Danish | Sort Rørvagtel |
| Dutch | Zwart Porseleinhoen, Zwart Poseleinhoen, Zwarte waterral, Zwarte Kwartelkoning |
| Esperanto | Nigra galinolo, Flavbeka amaŭrornito |
| Estonian | musthuik |
| Finnish | mustahuitti |
| French | Marouette noire, Râle à bec jaune, Poule d'eau noire, Râle noir, Marouette noire à bec jaune, Marouette à bec jaune |
| Frisian | Swart reidhintsje |
| Galician | Poliña negra |
| German | Mohrensumpfhuhn, Schwarzkielralle, Mohrenralle, Negerralle |
| Greek | Αφρικαvική μαυρoπoυλάδα |
| Hungarian | mór vízicsibe, Fekete vízicsibe |
| Icelandic | Sótrella |
| Irish | Crág dhubh Afracach |
| Italian | Rallo nero, Schiribilla nera africana, Galinella nera |
| Japanese | アフリカクロクイナ |
| Latvian | melnais ormanītis |
| Lithuanian | Juodoji žaliasnapė vištelė, juodasis amaurornis, Afrikinė juodvištė |
| Macedonian | Црна барска кокошка |
| Northern Sami | Čáhppesjeaggevuonccis |
| Norwegian | Svartrikse, svartrikse |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Svartrikse |
| Polish | kureczka czarna |
| Portuguese | franga-de-água-preta, franga-d'água-preta |
| Romanian | Cresteţ negru |
| Russian | Африканский чёрный погоныш, Африканский чёрный пастушок, Чёрный погоныш |
| Serbian | Crni barski petlić, Afrički crni barski petlić |
| Shona | Nhapata |
| Slovak | chriašteľ mníší, chriašť mníšsky |
| Slovenian | vranja tukalica |
| Spanish | Polluela Negra, Polluela negra africana |
| Swahili | Kiluwiri Mweusi |
| Swedish | korpsumphöna, korprall |
| Tsonga | Hukunambu |
| Turkish | Kara Afrika Yelvesi, Kara Suyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | багновик африканський |
| Welsh | Rhegen ddu Affrica |
| Zulu | umJekejeke |