Birds of Indian Subcontinent - Slaty-legged Crake

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Decreasing

Alternate Names

Banded Crake

Native Habitat

Dense jungle

Diet

Insects, Molluscs, Shoots, Seeds

Slaty-legged Crake

Rallina eurizonoides

Regional Names

Bengali:
মেটেপা ঝিল্লি
Hindi:
पट्टीवाली मुर्गी
Malayalam:
തവിടൻ നെല്ലിക്കോഴി
Marathi:
मातकट पायाची फटाकडी, चित्रित फटाकडी, चित्राळ फटाकडी
Nepali:
देउकौवा

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Taxanomy

GRUIFORMES
RALLIDAE
Rallina eurizonoides

Common
Moorhen

Grey-headed
Swamphen