Galapagos crake

Weight

40.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

24 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.2src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The galapagos crake is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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 Vulnerable species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGruiformes
5. familyRallidae
6. genusLaterallus
7. SpeciesLaterallus spilonota (Gould, 1841)

Synonyms Creciscus sharpei, Laterallus spilonotus, Zapornia spilonota

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

White-throated crake

Laterallus albigularis

Rallidae

LC, Least Concern

Rufous-sided crake

Laterallus melanophaius

Rallidae

LC, Least Concern

Grey-breasted crake

Laterallus exilis

Rallidae

EN, Endangered

Black rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Rallidae

LC, Least Concern

R

Ruddy crake

Laterallus ruber

RallidaeNo free photo yet

VU, Vulnerable

R

Rusty-flanked crake

Laterallus levraudi

RallidaeNo free photo yet

CompareGalapagos crake vs White-throated crakeGalapagos crake vs Rufous-sided crakeGalapagos crake vs Grey-breasted crakeGalapagos crake vs Black rail

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@misc{galapagos_crake_2026,
  title = {Galapagos crake (Laterallus spilonota)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/galapagos-crake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}