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Red-necked crake

Rallina tricolor G. R. Gray, 1858

LCLeast Concernbirds

The red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 154.5 g to 178 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor)
Photo: Scott Williams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-necked crake

Weight
154.5 g – 178 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
37 cm – 45 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.6 – 4.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the red-necked crake?

RED-NECKED CRAKE · WINGSPAN 45 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 45 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the red-necked crake is about 26% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the red-necked crake live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The red-necked crake is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the red-necked crake?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-necked crake” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-necked_crake&oldid=1371345253), 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 red-necked crake endangered?

The red-necked crake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species.

How is the red-necked crake classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGruiformes
  5. familyRallidae
  6. genusRallina
  7. SpeciesRallina tricolor G. R. Gray, 1858

Synonyms Rallina tricolor tricolor

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • مرعة حمراء العنقArabic
  • rasclet tricolorCatalan
  • chřástal tříbarvýCzech
  • rhegen yddfgochWelsh
  • Grønnæbbet KastanjerikseDanish
  • DreifarbenralleGerman
  • ruĝkola raloEsperanto
  • Polluela tricolorSpanish
  • tõmmu-metsruikEstonian
  • saagoräikkäFinnish
  • Râle tricoloreFrench
  • zelenokljuna vizlinicaCroatian
  • háromszínű guvatHungarian
  • Tikusan tukarIndonesian
  • Rallina collorossoItalian
  • ミナミオオクイナJapanese
  • raudonkaklė dryžoji vištelėLithuanian
  • Driekleurige RalDutch
  • rusthoderikseNorwegian
  • kureczka ognistogłowaPolish
  • rudokurka ognistogłowaPolish
  • franga-d'água-tricolorPortuguese
  • franga-de-água-tricolorPortuguese
  • sanã-de-pescoço-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Трёхцветный пастушокRussian
  • Трёхцветный полосатый погонышRussian
  • chriašteľ zelenozobýSlovak
  • Riđovrati šumski petlićSerbian
  • trefärgad rallSwedish
  • trefärgad sumphönaSwedish
  • Yeşil Gagalı Kestane YelvesiTurkish
  • погонич рудошиїйUkrainian
  • 紅頸秧雞Chinese
  • 红颈秧鸡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-necked crake

Other species in the same genus Rallina.

CompareRed-necked crake vs Slaty-legged crakeRed-necked crake vs Red-legged crakeRed-necked crake vs Andaman crake

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the red-necked crake?

An adult red-necked crake weighs 154.5 g – 178 g and has a wingspan of 37 cm – 45 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the red-necked crake live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the red-necked crake for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the red-necked crake endangered?

The red-necked crake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the red-necked crake?

The red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{red_necked_crake_2026,
  title = {Red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-necked-crake},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}