Chennai: A bird known for staying out of sight was spotted by a group of bird watchers at a lake in Kancheepuram district. The spotted crake, known for its secretive nature and affinity for wetland ...

The Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla), or Marsh crake is a very small water bird of the family Rallidae, which are 16–18 cm in length, and have a short straight bill, yellow or green without a red ...

Baillon's crake, Porzana pusilla (protonym, Rallus pusillus), Pallas, 1776, also known as the African spotted crake or as the lesser spotted crake, as the marsh crake, pygmy crake, tiny crake or dwarf ...

A little bird lost is causing a huge flutter. More than 600 people, some from as far as Cape Town, have come to Johannesburg to get a glimpse of a bird that is not quite the size of a chicken. The ...

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The high-resolution image of a lifer is to a birder what a new degree certificate is to an overqualified but still compulsive degree hoarder. For the elucidation of the chirp-challenged constituency, ...

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. David Attenborough presents the Spotted Crake. If it weren't for its whiplash song, the ...

Species of monsoon birds that are often found in wetlands in Mumbai are now increasingly being spotted in Thane, Dombivli and Kalyan. Slaty-legged crake, watercock and oriental dwarf kingfisher have ...