Slaty-legged Crake - Birdpoints

Slaty-legged Crake

Rallina eurizonoides

6 September 2016

Possible regional races (polytypic)
	-Rallina eurizonoides amauroptera (TC Jerdon) 1864 Birds of India II part 2 p.725

Historical notes on Ruddy-breasted Crake, Porzana fusca

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Slaty-legged Crake, Rallina eurizonoides amauroptera - Adult
Thattekad, Kerala, India, on 27 August 2016
Seen in the evening

These little Rails are extremely shy and retiring. When flushed they take to the nearest thickly - foliaged tree and seem quite at home there. They call mornings mid evenings and when it is wet or misty during the day also. If suspicious of danger the bird utters a sound like k-r-r-r-r in a subdued tone. They feed on insects.

Same bird as above

ECS Baker, 1929, The Fauna of British India (2nd ed.), Vol VI, p16-17

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