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The Little Crake (*Zapornia parva*) is a species of bird classified within the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. Its scientific name was established by Scopoli in 1769, and the taxon is currently accepted. The species has a wingspan of 36.5 and a mass of 7.9. It inhabits freshwater environments and is also referred to by the common names Kleinsumpfhuhn, Polluela bastarda, and Europese Kleinriethaan.
The taxon range for the Little Crake includes Africa and Burkina Faso. According to the 2025 IUCN Red List assessment, the species holds a conservation status of Least Concern. The average litter size is recorded as 7.9.
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Species
Least Concernlittle crake
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGruiformes
- FamilyRallidae
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Zapornia parva
- Commons category
- Zapornia parva
- wingspan
- 36.5
- litter size
- 7.9
- short name
- Z. parva
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- little crake
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic overview
Porzana parva Eggs of little crake The little crake (Zapornia parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae. parva is Latin for "small". This species was long included in the genus Porzana.
Its breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. This species is migratory, wintering in Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Little Crake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.