Black-banded Crake

Black-banded CrakeThe Black-banded Crake forages in river-edge thickets and fallow fields near water. A Peru account reports it as common in the northeast and rare in the southeast.What does it look like?At about 17.5 cm, it has a chestnut head, neck and underparts, broad black belly bands, a dark olive back, red legs and a grayish bill.How does it live?The Black-banded Crake forages in river-edge thickets and fallow fields near water. A Peru account reports it as common in the northeast and rare in the southeast.It forages in river-edge thickets and fallow fields near water. Its banded belly and red legs help distinguish it from similar rails.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.