Black Crake
Zapornia flavirostra (Swainson, WJ 1837)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | isaac kilusu | 2020-11-11 | Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) | adult, sex uncertain, song - red-faced cisticola heard in the recording bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
601831 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Peter Boesman | 2015-12-17 | Lake Awassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) | song - [sono] | 299940 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Byiringiro Pacifique | 2025-08-17 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 640816260 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Bram Piot | 2014-11-30 | Plaine du Sô, Abomey-Calavi, Atlantique, Atlantique (Benin) (0 m) | call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
204595 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING | 2009-12-21 | , Limpopo Province (South Africa) | - | 203935551 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Frank Lambert | 2017-11-01 | Lake Manyara National Park, road loop to lake, Babati, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania) (950 m) | call - playback-used:no
|
429475 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Kileo Jumah | 2026-06-12 | Kisangara, Mwanga, Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) (900 m) | song - [sono] | 1149001 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | BurBenj | 2021-07-16 | Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Lékoko (Gabon) (600 m) | uncertain - In a sedges swamp bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
667410 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Lynette Rudman | 2016-02-23 | Port Alfred, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (10 m) | call - Black Crakes seen and heard calling from a clump of reeds near a small pan of water in summer. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
309413 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Roger McNeill | 2024-07-02 | , Mpumalanga (South Africa) | - | 652575113 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Tony Archer | 2020-12-06 | City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1300 m) | adult, call - Calling from thick reeds along small river. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
607475 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | African Bioacoustics Community | 2023-10-06 | Kruger Park (near Skukuza), Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Witrivier (South Africa) (280 m) | - -3dB normalised, recordings combined. (150Hz HP set on external mic). Recordist - E. Ross-Marsh
|
1046304 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Niyomugabo Evariste | 2026-04-18 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 655614033 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | isaac kilusu | 2020-11-11 | Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) | adult, sex uncertain, song - 3birds in reeds vocalising naturally after play-back bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
601826 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Andrew Spencer | 2015-01-09 | Lake Awassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) (1700 m) | call - duet in response to playback from a pair of birds moving in a cluster of reeds at the edge of the lake (a different pair than in XC276709). bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
276710 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Derek Solomon | 2020-12-07 | Hoedspruit, Phalaborwa (South Africa) (550 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
611612 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Tony Archer | 2019-09-17 | JB Marks Local Municipality, Southern DC, North West, Ventersdorp (South Africa) (1400 m) | call - Two birds calling while foraging. In the middle of the clip is a clicking type sound which I think is one of their calls. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
497603 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Barry Edmonston | 2019-10-28 | Awasa, Sidama, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) (1700 m) | adult, sex uncertain, song - Calls from several individuals in the reeds along the lake's shore. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
530962 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Andrew Spencer | 2015-01-09 | Hawassa Lake Promenade, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples, Ethiopia, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) | - duet in response to playback from a pair of birds moving in a cluster of reeds at the edge of the lake. | 162489161 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Andrew Spencer | 2015-01-09 | Lake Awassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) (1700 m) | call - duet in response to playback from a pair of birds moving in a cluster of reeds at the edge of the lake. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
276709 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Rory Nefdt | 2015-07-13 | Brindavan River Camp, Zambezi River, Lusaka (Zambia) (360 m) | song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
267158 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Peter Boesman | 2018-06-24 | Janjanbureh, Janjanbureh, Central River, Central River (Gambia) (10 m) | call - [sono] | 425574 xeno-canto.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Frédéric Bacuez | 2025-03-05 | , Saint-Louis (Senegal) | - | 631699911 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Black Crake - Zapornia flavirostra | Bernard BOUSQUET | 2025-07-21 | Mbamba Bay, Lake Victoria, Uganda (Uganda) (1100 m) | song - [sono] | 1053152 xeno-canto.org |
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![[sono]](https://xeno-canto.org/sounds/spectrograms/ZPOTJDOCCS/1149001/grey-medium.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/OOECIWCSWV/ffts/XC425574-large.png){kind=link}
![[sono]](http://xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/THHNKSHUMO/ffts/XC1053152-large.png){kind=link}
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