Today’s bird

Spotless Crake

Zapornia tabuensis

Family: Rails, gallinules, and coots

Spotless Crake is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. On some small offshore islands, where wetlands are sparse, they have been known to live and forage in dry forest.

  2. Their nests are found between 30 – 50 cm above the water, and are found to be in close proximity to other nest-like platforms.

  3. The eggs are a 'dull creamy brown or pinkish with faint chestnut flecks'.

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