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Porzana pusilla (Baillon's crake)
Kleinriethaan [Afrikaans]; Isazenza, Isizinzi [Xhosa]; isiZinzi (also
applied to African rail) [Zulu]; Katukutuku (generic term for crake)
[Kwangali]; Nhapata (generic name for coot, gallinule, moorhen, crake or
rail) [Shona]; Kleinst waterhoen [Dutch]; Marouette de Baillon [French];
Zwergsumpfhuhn [German]; Franga-d'įgua-pequena [Portuguese]
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Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
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Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) > Order: Gruiformes >
Family: Rallidae
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Distribution of Baillon's 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).
See here for the latest distribution
from the SABAP2. |
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Recorded by O.M. Prozesky, Pretoria 1970,
[© Transvaal Museum] |
Recorded by W.B. Keeble, Waterberg, Namibia
1964,
[© Transvaal Museum] |
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