RALLIDAE
RUDDY-BREASTED CRAKE



Location : Tanjung Tualang, Perak
Date : ‎‎‎20 ‎February 2021

21–26.5 cm Adult fusca: Plain wings, reddish-chestnut below, vague whitish-and-blackish vent-bars, green-based dark bill, red legs.Juvenile: Whitish below with brownish-grey bars/mottling, dull legs. Other subspecies P.f.erythrothorax (visitor): Paler; less reddish below. VOICE Hard tewk or kyot notes (often speeding up), usually followed by high, slightly descending trill (territorial). Low chuck notes. HABITAT Freshwater wetlands, also drier areas, mangroves (mainly migrants); up to 1,450 m. RANGE Co R, subject to movements (except W Myanmar, Tenasserim, C Laos, E Tonkin, N,S Annam); BV in some northern areas? Co WV E Myanmar, Thailand (except S), E Tonkin, Cochinchina. Also co PM C Thailand, E Tonkin, C,S Annam