Baillon's crake vs Brown crake
The brown crake is heavier: 131.4 g against 35.4 g for the baillon's crake, about 3.7 times the weight.
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a baillon's crake and a brown crake?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The brown crake is heavier: 131.4 g against 35.4 g for the baillon's crake, about 3.7 times the weight.
- Both belong to the genus Zapornia, so they are close relatives.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Baillon's crake | Brown crake | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Zapornia pusilla | Zapornia akool |
| Family | Rallidae | Rallidae |
| Order | Gruiformes | Gruiformes |
| Weight | 34 g – 35.4 g | 125 g – 142 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | wetland | wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 1 | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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