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Band-bellied crake

Zapornia paykullii (Ljungh, 1813)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 111 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii)
Photo: Orban.Balazs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the band-bellied crake

Weight
111 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
6.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the band-bellied crake live?

Not recorded

What is the band-bellied crake?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

It breeds in Manchuria, eastern China and northern Korea; it winters throughout Southeast Asia.

It is getting rare due to habitat loss.

In 1813 the Swedish taxon author Sven Ingemar Ljungh named the bird after the naturalist Gustaf von Paykull.

From the Wikipedia article “Band-bellied crake” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Band-bellied_crake&oldid=1362464936), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the band-bellied crake endangered?

The band-bellied crake is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the band-bellied crake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGruiformes
  5. familyRallidae
  6. genusZapornia
  7. SpeciesZapornia paykullii (Ljungh, 1813)

Synonyms Limnobaenus tsingtauensis, Porzana paykullii, Rallicula paykullii, Rallina paykullii, Rallus paykullii, Zapornia paykullii paykullii

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • مرعة مخططة البطنArabic
  • rasclet mandaríCatalan
  • chřástal sibiřskýCzech
  • chřástal mandžuskýCzech
  • Rhegen PaykullWelsh
  • Mandarin RørvagtelDanish
  • MandarinsumpfhuhnGerman
  • striventra raloEsperanto
  • Polluela MandarínSpanish
  • Polluela mandarinaSpanish
  • mandariinhuikEstonian
  • rumpaliräikkäFinnish
  • Râle mandarinFrench
  • Marouette mandarinFrench
  • prugastokrila štijokaCroatian
  • mandarin vízicsibeHungarian
  • Tikusan siberiaIndonesian
  • Schiribilla striataItalian
  • Schiribilla panciafasciataItalian
  • コウライクイナJapanese
  • БгъэнджэдышхуэKabardian
  • 한국뜸부기Korean
  • didžioji švygždaLithuanian
  • mandarīnormanītisLatvian
  • BontbekralDutch
  • damrikseNorwegian
  • kureczka wschodniaPolish
  • franga-d'água-mandarinaPortuguese
  • franga-d'água-de-barriga-listradaPortuguese
  • franga-de-água-de-barriga-listradaPortuguese
  • sanã-de-barriga-listradaPortuguese
  • Большой погонышRussian
  • chriašť mandarínskySlovak
  • Čegrtavi barski petlićSerbian
  • amursumphönaSwedish
  • นกอัญชันจีนThai
  • Mandarin YelvesiTurkish
  • погонич далекосхіднийUkrainian
  • Cuốc nâuVietnamese
  • 斑胁田鸡Chinese
  • 斑脇田雞Chinese
  • 斑脇秧雞Chinese

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Relatives of the band-bellied crake

Other species in the same genus Zapornia.

LC, Least Concern
Black crake (Zapornia flavirostra)

Black crake

Zapornia flavirostra

Rallidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the band-bellied crake?

An adult band-bellied crake weighs 111 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the band-bellied crake endangered?

The band-bellied crake is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the band-bellied crake?

The band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii) 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.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{band_bellied_crake_2026,
  title = {Band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/band-bellied-crake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}