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Porzana porzana (Spotted crake)
Gevlekte
riethaan [Afrikaans]; Katukutuku (generic term for crake) [Kwangali];
Porseleinhoen [Dutch]; Marouette ponctuée [French]; Tüpfelsumpfhuhn
[German]; Franga-d'água-grande [Portuguese]
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Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
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Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Gruiformes >
Family: Rallidae
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Distribution of Spotted crake in southern Africa,
based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas
Project (©
Animal Demography unit, University of
Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range
from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). |
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