Black crake

Weight

86.2 g – 98 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Aquatic predator

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetland

Young per litter or clutch

3

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Sedentary

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

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. genusZapornia
7. SpeciesZapornia flavirostra (Swainson, 1837)

Synonyms Amaurornis flavirostra, Amaurornis flavirostris, Amaurornis niger, Gallinula flavirostra, Limnocorax flavirostra, Limnocorax flavirostris, Limnocorax niger, Porzana flavirostra, Rallus niger

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Baillon's crake

Zapornia pusilla

Rallidae

LC, Least Concern

Little crake

Zapornia parva

Rallidae

R

Ruddy-breasted crake

Zapornia fusca

RallidaeNo free photo yet

B

Brown crake

Zapornia akool

RallidaeNo free photo yet

S

Spotless crake

Zapornia tabuensis

RallidaeNo free photo yet

R

Red-eyed crake

Zapornia atra

RallidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBlack crake vs Baillon's crakeBlack crake vs Little crakeBlack crake vs Ruddy-breasted crakeBlack crake vs Brown crake

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@misc{black_crake_2026,
  title = {Black crake (Zapornia flavirostra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-crake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}