Abstract is: The little crake (Zapornia parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae. parva is Latin for "small". Its breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. This species is migratory, wintering in Africa. At 17–19 cm (6.7–7.5 in) in length, they are slightly smaller than the spotted crake, from which they are readily distinguished by the lack of dark barring and white spots on the flanks. The little crake has a short straight bill, yellow with a red base. They have green legs with long toes, and a short tail which is barred black and white underneath. Unlike other Porzana crakes, this species has strong sexual dimorphism: Adult males have mainly brown upperparts and blue-grey face and underparts. They resemble the sympatric Baillon's crake (P. pusilla), which has strongly barred flanks and is a little smaller. Females have buff underparts, and are grey only on the face; they are more similar to the yellow-breasted crake (P. flaviventer) of the American tropics. Immature little crakes are similar to the female but have a white face and breast. The downy chicks are black, as with all rails. These birds probe with their bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and aquatic animals. Little crakes are very secretive in the breeding season, and are then mostly heard rather than seen. They can be easier to see on migration. They are then noisy birds, with a yapping kua call. They nest in a dry location in reed vegetation, laying 4–7 eggs. The little crake is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
taxon | Q16521 |
P4024 | ADW taxon ID | Porzana_parva |
P7202 | Belgian Species List ID | 3937 |
P838 | BioLib taxon ID | 8580 |
P3606 | BOLD Systems taxon ID | 113515 |
P10585 | Catalogue of Life ID | 4M2R6 |
P935 | Commons gallery | Porzana parva |
P5263 | Czech NDOP taxon ID | 1352 |
P1939 | Dyntaxa ID | 103063 |
P6864 | eBiodiversity ID | 92372 |
P830 | Encyclopedia of Life ID | 47364056 |
P1417 | Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID | animal/little-crake |
P6177 | EUNIS ID for species | 1231 |
P3459 | EURING number | 4100 |
P1895 | Fauna Europaea ID | 96771 |
P4807 | Fauna Europaea New ID | cf6158dc-a7c5-42ad-95a0-c2871fe591f6 |
P7552 | Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID | MX.27342 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/01zl_m |
P846 | GBIF taxon ID | 2474627 |
P3151 | iNaturalist taxon ID | 183 |
P3099 | Internet Bird Collection species ID | little-crake-porzana-parva |
P5055 | IRMNG ID | 10586736 |
P815 | ITIS TSN | 176249 |
P11078 | Naturbasen species ID | 231/lille-roervagtel |
P8707 | NBIC taxon ID | 4108 |
P3240 | NBN System Key | NHMSYS0000530786 |
P685 | NCBI taxonomy ID | 1294531 |
P6105 | Observation.org taxon ID | 276 |
P7305 | Online PWN Encyclopedia ID | 4001427 |
P9157 | Open Tree of Life ID | 3599944 |
P4342 | Store norske leksikon ID | sumprikse |
P3186 | TAXREF ID | 3042 |
P5397 | Tierstimmenarchiv ID | 14430 |
14430 | ||
P12086 | WikiKids ID | Klein_waterhoen |
P850 | WoRMS-ID for taxa | 416692 |
P2426 | Xeno-canto species ID | Porzana-parva |
P8915 | ZOBODAT taxon ID | 20479 |
P7725 | litter size | 7.9 | |
P6104 | maintained by WikiProject | WikiProject Invasion Biology | Q56241615 |
P2067 | mass | 7.9 | |
P1403 | original combination | Rallus parvus | Q28122808 |
P171 | parent taxon | Porzana | Q835525 |
P1813 | short name | P. parva | |
P5841 | Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic | critically endangered | Q56084734 |
P1843 | taxon common name | Europese Kleinriethaan | |
rascletó | |||
chřástal malý | |||
Lille Rørvagtel | |||
Kleinsumpfhuhn | |||
Little Crake | |||
Polluela bastarda | |||
väikehuik | |||
pikkuhuitti | |||
Marouette poussin | |||
kis vízicsibe | |||
Flóðrella | |||
Schiribilla | |||
コクイナ | |||
plovinė vištelė | |||
mazais ormanītis | |||
Sumprikse | |||
Klein Waterhoen | |||
zielonka | |||
franga-d'água-bastarda | |||
Малый погоныш | |||
Uhcajeaggevuonccis | |||
chriašť malý | |||
mala tukalica | |||
mindre sumphöna | |||
погонич малий | |||
Rakig bihan | |||
rhegen fach | |||
Kleines Sumpfhuhn | |||
little crake | |||
marouette poussin | |||
Eean raip beg | |||
Crek byghan | |||
klein waterhoen | |||
P225 | taxon name | Porzana parva | |
P105 | taxon rank | species | Q7432 |
P910 | topic's main category | Category:Porzana parva | Q55291026 |
P2050 | wingspan | 36.5 |
FileName: Porzana parva Vlaskop cropped.jpg
Description: 11404 Klein Waterhoen / Little Crake
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FileName: ZaporniaParvaIUCNver2019 2.png
Description: distribution map of little crake (Porzana parva) according to IUCN version 2019.2 ; key:
Legend: Extant, breeding (#00FF00), Extant, passage (#00FFFF), Extant, non-breeding (#007FFF)
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