10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOTTED CRAKE»
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1
Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Australian Spotted Crake (breeding resident) A clear descriptive name for the
white speckles, and long-used (e.g. Spotted Water Crake, Gould 1848) * many
are glad to see the 'spotted' reinstated in the name. RAOU (1978) thought the
name ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
2
Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
I, S Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 21-24 cm Gevlekte Riethaan This bird when
put to flight might be confused with the Lesser Moorhen (see page 82) but is
smaller and has a well-patterned, not uniform, back. Confusion may also arise
with ...
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
3
The Handbook of Bird Identification: For Europe and the ...
Resembles Spotted Crake in plumage, size and structure. Marginally longer-
tailed and longer-necked, and has a distinctly deeper-based and slightly longer
bill. In all plumages, tiny white mark behind eye, unspotted wing coverts,
unstreaked ...
Mark Beaman, Steve Madge, 2010
4
Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi
Vo silent in Africa, but M utters repeated advertising crek-crek when breeding (
hence scientific name). Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 24cm, 9.5” Small dark-
brown crake with extensive white spots and flecks above and below, barred
flanks, ...
Terry Stevenson, John Fanshawe, 2004
5
Finding Australian Birds: A Field Guide to Birding Locations
Canberra. and. surrounds. Key species: Gang-gang Cockatoo, Baillon's Crake,
Spotless Crake, Australian Spotted Crake, Lewin's Rail, Superb Lyrebird,
Pilotbird, Spotted Quail-thrush Other species: Blue-billed Duck, Bassian ...
Rohan Clarke, Tim Dolby, 2014
Quills hair-brown, tinged with reddish- brown. Legs yellowish-brown, with a tinge
of grey. SPOTTED CRAKE. Crex Porzana, Bechst. PLATE XXX. Figs. 1. and 2.
Radius Porzana, Linn. Syst. 1. 262. 3 GmeL Syst. 1. 712. Gallinula Porzana, Lath.
Prideaux John Selby, 1833
7
The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
SPOTTED CRAKE Porzana porzana (214) 21-24 cm Most likely to be confused
with African Crake but has a predominantly yellow bill, and obvious white spots
and stripes on the upperparts. When flushed, it shows a distinctive white leading
...
Ian Sinclair, P. A. R. Hockey, 2005
8
Birds of the Middle East
crake. Porzana parva L: 19. W: 37. Smaller than Spotted Crake and separated by
uniform blue-grey underparts (adult male) and heavily barred undertail-coverts.
Less compact than Baillon's Crake with longer legs and neck, and much longer ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
9
Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler
SPOTTED CRAKE Bolotnyi korostel] korostelek; pogonysh; Porzana porzana
This bird also bears the names "the drover" [pogonysh] and "the shepherd" [
pastukh]. Both these names are singularly fitting: its frequent, clear whistle, short
and ...
Sergeĭ Timofeevich Aksakov, 1998
10
The Fauna and Flora of Palestine
Porzaua maruetla. Leach. Syst. Cat. Br. Mus., p. 34. Spotted Crake. I found the
Spotted Crake in a little stream flowing into the sea, in a thin fringe of rushes, in
1881, not having previously met with it. The Spotted Crake ranges through
Europe, ...
Henry Baker Tristram, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPOTTED CRAKE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spotted crake is used in the context of the following news items.
The Living Beauty of Wicken Fen
And like the sea they teemed with invisible life: warblers, bitterns, spotted crakes, otters, water voles and marshland insects like reed leopard moths. Continue ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
Wetlands not 'wetting' enough for invertebrates
The Australian spotted crake (Porzana fluminea) can be found foraging for invertebrates at the wetlands in and around Thomson's Lake. Credit: Wayne ... «Phys.Org, Aug 14»
Birdwatch: Bill Teale
A spotted crake was seen on a garden pond at The Dene, Peasholm, Scarborough while a common crane continued to be seen at sites in East Yorkshire and a ... «Yorkshire Post, Aug 14»
Travellers rip up park benches and dump 60 tonnes of rubbish …
... including kingfishers, skylarks and several birds of prey - and there have also been recent sightings of the rare great snipe, pine bunting and spotted crake. «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
Mangroves along Thane creek under threat from SEZ project
He has reported sightings of Watercock, Spotted Crake and Jack Snipe. Rescue and release of birds in their natural habitat is also being conducted, apart from ... «Mid-Day, Jul 14»
How are our feathered friends faring on Huntingdon's Great Fen …
... seen in the Great Fen, and I look forward to the day when some of the rare visitors such as bittern, garganey and spotted crake are regular breeding birds. «Cambridge News, Apr 14»
6 new species spotted at Nandur Madhyameshwar
Spotted crake, baillon's crake, common pochard, painted stork, small pratincole and eurasian curlew were spotted this year," said conservator of forests (wildlife), ... «Times of India, Mar 14»
Crepuscular Hike?
... deer, skunks, bobcats, Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, American Woodcock, and Spotted Crake, along with moths, beetles, flies, and other insects are crepuscular. «Niagarafallsreporter.com, Mar 13»
Titi Forever: Research supports conservation of Tuamotu Sandpiper
About a month later, she realized that many of her birds were dying, as were other landbirds such as Spotted Crake. She believes that saltwater intrusion and a ... «Surfbirds News, Aug 12»
Baillon's flood in
News is emerging that the RSPB and Natural England's follow up to 1999's survey for singing Spotted Crakes - itself a scarce breeding species - has also ... «Bird Watch, Aug 12»
