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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Zapornia
- Image
- Brown Crake in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 02.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Zapornia akool
- Commons category
- Zapornia akool
- litter size
- 5.5
- taxon common name
- franga-de-água-castanha
- short name
- Z. akool
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon range
- Hefei
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown crake (Zapornia akool), or brown bush-hen, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family (Rallidae) found in South Asia. The species name, akool, is of uncertain origin. It may come from Hindu mythology, or it may be a derivation of the Sinhalese word kukkula, which is used for both moorhen and watercock.
Zapornia akool swimming in Bhigwan, Maharashtra, India.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown Crake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.