Fact Card
COMMON NAME: Spotless Crake
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Zapornia tabuensis
TYPE: Breeder
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Gruiformes / FAMILY – Rallidae / GENUS – Zapornia
Video: Spotless Crake
Audio: Spotless Crake
IUCN Red List Status
References
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Spotless Crake. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 25, 2023, from Link
- [Hervé JACOB]. (2017, October 12). Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis [Audio]. Macaulay Library. Link
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2013, February 17). Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis [Video]. Macaulay Library. Link
- Spotless crake. (2023, April 22). In Wikipedia. Link
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – Link

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