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Australian Crake

Porzana fluminea

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(c) John Cull, CC0

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 311, February 215, March 119, April 99, May 80, June 57, July 36, August 45, September 76, October 164, November 166, December 186.
Australia1,554
Victoria656
South Australia494
Australian Capital Territory178
New South Wales98
Western Australia58
Tasmania35
Queensland32
Northern Territory3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderCranes, Rails, and Allies · Gruiformes
FamilyRails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae
GenusSpotted Crakes and allies · Porzana

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Practise Australian Crake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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