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Red-legged Crake
Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822)
Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
Red-legged Crake, Rallina fasciata, is a rail in the family Rallidae and breeds from southern Myanmar through the Indonesian Archipelago to the Philippines, apart from East Visayas and Mindanao. It lives in dense cover near permanent wetlands. Its head, neck and breast are red-brown, with a paler throat, while the upperparts are grey-brown. The underparts and underwings are barred in black and white. It has a green bill and red legs. The clutch contains 3-6 dull-white eggs. Its voice is a series of descending croaks, screams and grunts.
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: s Myanmar to Indonesian Arch. and Philippines (except East Visayas and Mindanao)
