White Browed-Crake

Porzana cinerea

Description

Porzana cinerea has a body measuring 20 cm, with a short beak. Grayish brown in color. There is a white stripe pattern on the head and black eye line. The crown, back, and chest are gray, while the wings and tail are grayish brown. Whitish abdomen. The sides of the body and the lower tail are yellowish brown. Greenish yellow feet and blackish beak.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

20 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

So

Solitary

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Gruiformes

FAMILY

:

Rallidae

GENUS

:

Porzana

SPECIES

:

Porzana cinerea

Distribution

Porzana cinerea has a habitat in inundated grasslands, marshes, rice fields, ponds, spread up to an altitude of 1,200 m above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Papua) and Australia.

Habits and Lifestyle

Porzana cinerea, a shy type of bird, more often walks among aquatic plants, sometimes going out to find food, but quickly re-entering if disturbed. Live in pairs or solitary.

Lifestyle

Solitary

Biome

Inundated grasslands, marshes, rice fields, ponds

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

This bird is a type of grass-eating bird, caterpillar, grasshopper, and invertebrates that live in inundated grasslands

Diet : Insectivora

Mating Habits

The breeding season for this bird is March, December. The nests are very simple: they are placed in thickets or long grass above the water. The eggs are gloomy yellow, speckled reddish brown, lay 2-6 eggs.

Reproduction session : March, Desember

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : at birth

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2 – 6 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

This species has a very wide range, and therefore does not approach the Vulnerability threshold under the range measure criteria and is among the least concern categories on the IUCN red list.

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Tikusan Alis Putih on Wikipedia article 
  3. Porzana cinerea on The IUCN Red List site