Yellow-breasted crake
Laterallus flaviventer (Boddaert, 1783)
The yellow-breasted crake (Laterallus flaviventer) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 24.3 g to 26.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the yellow-breasted crake
- Weight
- 24.3 g – 26.1 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
- 3.95src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the yellow-breasted crake live?
Not recorded
Is the yellow-breasted crake endangered?
The yellow-breasted crake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the yellow-breasted crake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusLaterallus
- SpeciesLaterallus flaviventer (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms Hapalocrex flaviventer, Micropygia flaviventer, Poliolimnas flaviventer, Porzana flaviventer, Rallus flaviventer
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- مرعة صفراء الصدرArabic
- rasclet pàl·lidCatalan
- chřástal žlutoprsýCzech
- chřástal žlutobřichýCzech
- Gulbrystet RørvagtelDanish
- GelbbrustsumpfhuhnGerman
- Gelbbrust-SumpfhuhnGerman
- flavbrusta raloEsperanto
- GuineítaSpanish
- Burrito amarilloSpanish
- Gallineta de Pecho AmarilloSpanish
- Gallito AmarilloSpanish
- Polluela pálidaSpanish
- Polluela PechiamarillaSpanish
- Polluela pecho amarilloSpanish
- koldrind-huikEstonian
- keltarintahuittiFinnish
- Râle à sourcils blancsFrench
- Marouette à sourcils blancsFrench
- smeđastoprsa štijokaCroatian
- sárgamellű vízicsibeHungarian
- Rallo pettogialloItalian
- Schiribilla pettogialloItalian
- キムネヒメクイナJapanese
- geltonkrūtė švygždaLithuanian
- GeelbuikporseleinhoenDutch
- gulbrystrikseNorwegian
- kureczka żółtawaPolish
- derkaczyk żółtawyPolish
- sanã-amarelaPortuguese
- franga-d'água-de-peito-amareloPortuguese
- Желтогрудый погонышRussian
- chriašteľ žltkastýSlovak
- Maskirani barski petlićSerbian
- gulbröstad sumphönaSwedish
- gulbröstad dvärgrallSwedish
- Sarı Göğüslü SuyelvesiTurkish
- погонич жовтоволийUkrainian
- 黃胸田雞Chinese
- 黄胸田鸡Chinese
Relatives of the yellow-breasted crake
Other species in the same genus Laterallus.
White-throated crake
Laterallus albigularis
Rufous-sided crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Galapagos crake
Laterallus spilonota
Grey-breasted crake
Laterallus exilis
Black rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Ruddy crake
Laterallus ruber
CompareYellow-breasted crake vs White-throated crakeYellow-breasted crake vs Rufous-sided crakeYellow-breasted crake vs Galapagos crakeYellow-breasted crake vs Grey-breasted crake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the yellow-breasted crake?
An adult yellow-breasted crake weighs 24.3 g – 26.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the yellow-breasted crake endangered?
The yellow-breasted 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 yellow-breasted crake?
The yellow-breasted crake (Laterallus flaviventer) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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