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title: "Ruddy-breasted Crake"
description: "Zapornia fusca — Birds. The ruddy-breasted crake (Zapornia fusca), or ruddy crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae, formerly included in the genus Porzana."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/ruddy-breasted-crake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ruddy-breasted Crake

> Zapornia fusca — Birds. The ruddy-breasted crake (Zapornia fusca), or ruddy crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae, formerly included in the genus Porzana.

- Scientific name: *Zapornia fusca*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 1739
- Wikidata: [Q1076585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508914](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508914)

## Names

- en: Ruddy-breasted Crake
- de: Zimtsumpfhuhn
- es: Polluela Pechirrufa
- fr: Marouette brune
- it: Schiribilla pettorossiccio
- nl: Bruin porseleinhoen
- pt: Sanã-de-peito-ruivo
- pl: Kureczka kasztanowata

## Countries with the most observations

IN (360), TW (270), SG (149), JP (116), TH (82), ID (63), CN (36), HK (15), MY (15), KR (8), BD (7), MO (6)

## Summary

The ruddy-breasted crake (Zapornia fusca), or ruddy crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae, formerly included in the genus Porzana.

Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across South Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japan and Indonesia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from the Australian territory of Christmas Island. It is mainly a permanent resident throughout its range, but some northern populations migrate further south in winter.

This crake nests in a dry location on the ground in marsh vegetation, laying 6-9 eggs.
The ruddy-breasted crake is about…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy-breasted_crake

## Photo

![Ruddy-breasted Crake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruddy-breasted-crake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/345444775

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ruddy-breasted-crake?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).