Ash-throated crake
Mustelirallus albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Status not recordedbirds
The ash-throated crake (Mustelirallus albicollis) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 100 g to 105 g.
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Quick facts about the ash-throated crake
- Weight
- 100 g – 105 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the ash-throated crake live?
Not recorded
Is the ash-throated crake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the ash-throated crake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusMustelirallus
- SpeciesMustelirallus albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms Crex albicollis, Porzana albicollis, Rallus albicollis
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- مرعة رمادية الحنجرةArabic
- rasclet golagrísCatalan
- chřástal bělobradýCzech
- Hvidstrubet RørvagtelDanish
- WieselsumpfhuhnGerman
- Weißkehl-SumpfhuhnGerman
- cindra raloEsperanto
- Polluela tururaSpanish
- Burrito grandeSpanish
- Gallineta de Garganta CenizaSpanish
- tärinhuikEstonian
- sepelhuittiFinnish
- Râle plombéFrench
- Marouette plombéeFrench
- bjelogrla štijokaCroatian
- Schiribilla golacenereItalian
- Schiribilla collobiancoItalian
- ナンベイヒメクイナJapanese
- pilkagurklė švygždaLithuanian
- WitkeelporseleinhoenDutch
- rørrikseNorwegian
- kureczka popielataPolish
- derkacznik popielatyPolish
- sanã-carijóPortuguese
- franga-d'água-de-garganta-cinzentaPortuguese
- Saracura-carijóPortuguese
- Пепельногорлый погонышRussian
- chriašteľ popolavýSlovak
- Američki prdavacSerbian
- vithakad rallSwedish
- Sarı Gagalı SuyelvesiTurkish
- погонич попелястийUkrainian
- 灰喉田雞Chinese
- 灰喉田鸡Chinese
Relatives of the ash-throated crake
Other species in the same genus Mustelirallus.
Zapata rail
Mustelirallus cerverai
Colombian crake
Mustelirallus colombianus
Paint-billed crake
Mustelirallus erythrops
CompareAsh-throated crake vs Zapata railAsh-throated crake vs Colombian crakeAsh-throated crake vs Paint-billed crake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the ash-throated crake?
An adult ash-throated crake weighs 100 g – 105 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the ash-throated crake?
The ash-throated crake (Mustelirallus albicollis) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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