The Spotted Crake is marked by dense white spots on its gray breast. It searches among plants in shallow freshwater wetlands for small aquatic animals and plants.
Its gray breast is densely spotted with white; the brown back has pale streaks, and the flanks are barred brown, white and black. Females and young birds are duller than males.
It walks or swims among vegetation in shallow freshwater, eating insects, crustaceans, snails, small fish and plants.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.