Australian crake

Weight

57.3 g – 64.5 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Aquatic predator

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetland

Young per litter or clutch

4.6

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Partial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The Australian crake is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGruiformes
5. familyRallidae
6. genusPorzana
7. SpeciesPorzana fluminea Gould, 1843

Synonyms Porzana fluminea fluminea

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Spotted crake

Porzana porzana

Rallidae

S

Sora

Porzana carolina

RallidaeNo free photo yet

P

Porzana payevskyi

RallidaeNo free photo yet

L

Lesser bermuda crake

Porzana piercei

RallidaeNo free photo yet

CompareAustralian crake vs Spotted crakeAustralian crake vs SoraAustralian crake vs Porzana payevskyiAustralian crake vs Lesser bermuda crake

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@misc{australian_crake_2026,
  title = {Australian crake (Porzana fluminea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-crake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}