White browed crake
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**SUNDAY SPECIAL** A bird first time seen in India. Photo taken and shared by Mr. Porag Jyoti Phukan for my Bird series. PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 713 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..WHITE BROWED CRAKE...Coloured Pencil...A5...2016... The white-browed crake (Amaurornis cinerea) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. Distribution: SE Asia and Greater Sundas through Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas to New Guinea and N Australia, and E through Micronesia and Melanesia (S to Vanuatu and New Caledonia) to WC Polynesia (Fiji and Samoa). Formerly also Volcano (Iwo) Is, S of Japan. 15–20 cm; unsexed 40–62•5 (52)g; wingspan 27 cm. Small, slim-bodied crake with relatively long legs and toes. Common call a loud, nasal, chattering, rapidly repeated “chika”, made by both male and female. Earthworms, slugs, leeches, insects, water spiders, frog spawn, and small fish; also seeds and leaves of aquatic plants. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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