Spotless Crake
Zapornia tabuensis (Gmelin, JF 1789)
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Felix Watson | 2022-07-11 | , Australian Capital Territory (excl. Jervis Bay) (Australia) | - | 481364911 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Drew Davison | 2021-09-19 | Herdsman Lake, City of Stirling, Western Australia, Stirling (Australia) (10 m) | adult, call - High-pass filter run in Audacity to remove background noise. Black-backed Bittern (Ixobrychus dubius) calling in background near to the end of the recording. One Spotless Crake foraging near to aquatic plants on the surface of the water and amongst the base of small shrubs in the water. Weather cloudy and cool (cloud cover >80%). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
675697 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | JACOB Hervé | 2017-10-12 | nr Lake Habbema, Snow Mountains, Papua, Papua Province (Indonesia) (2800 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
395241 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Drew Davison | 2020-11-07 | Victoria Dam--Access road, track and picnic area, Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia, Kalamunda (Australia) | - Downwards 'brrrrrr' at start of recording. Unusual call for a Spotless Crake. Not seen. | 296633711 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Bradley Shields | 2024-06-17 | , Westland District (New Zealand) | - | 620526569 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Marc Anderson | 2017-10-11 | Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (0 m) | call - [sono] | 389374 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Greg McLachlan | 2017-01-06 | Maleny, Sunshine Coast Regional, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (400 m) | call - Short calls. Frogs calling throughout. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
351323 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Cameron Ward | 2026-02-14 | , Hornsby (Australia) | - | 650988669 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Greg McLachlan | 2017-01-06 | Maleny, Sunshine Coast Regional, Queensland, Queensland (Australia) (400 m) | call - Typical rattle call. Frogs calling throughout. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
351325 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Ian & Gill | 2025-09-16 | , Unincorporated South Australia (Australia) | - | 641958958 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Chris Wood | 2023-11-22 | , Tablelands (Australia) | - | 649782302 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | JACOB Hervé | 2017-10-12 | nr Lake Habbema, Snow Mountains, Papua, Papua Province (Indonesia) (2800 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
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395240 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Jack Armstrong | 2024-02-21 | , Surf Coast (Australia) | - | 615127717 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Ken Tay | 2023-09-29 | , Wyndham (Australia) | - | 609379639 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Rob | 2023-11-12 | Minnippi Parkland (near Tingalpa), Brisbane City, Queensland, Tingalpa (Australia) (0 m) | begging call - I am certain this is the (undocumented) juvenile calling/peeping of a Lewin's Rail (LR). I attempted call-back of LR's 'advertising call' twice (separated by 5 min interval) and it responded both times with several peeps and did not respond to other Rallidae. It was moving around in the water vegetation. Adult LR were in the surrounding area but not in the immediate area. I didn't want to disturb it further so decided not to seek a visual. As supporting evidence, I witnessed this same adult LR and juv call at a near by site (Archerfield Wetlands) later that week. Both adult and juv were in the same area of vegetation. Recording volume increased. Also used Multiband Compressor to boost call whilst decreasing the volume outside the frequency range (mostly car and air traffic noise).
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842752 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Marc Anderson | 2016-08-01 | Shanes Park, Blacktown City Council, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (20 m) | call - Two birds calling in this cut bird-seen:no playback-used:yes
|
329633 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Drew Davison | 2020-11-07 | Victoria Dam (near Canning Mills), Western Australia, Kalamunda (Australia) (170 m) | call, life stage uncertain, sex uncertain - Originally presumed to be a Buff-banded Rail, but further comparison of calls led to an ID conclusion of Spotless Crake. A few other recordings on xeno-canto labelled as Spotless Crake are similar, however the recordist did not see the bird any time a similar recording was made. Bird heard from dense reeds at base of dam, less than 1-2m away from the recordist. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
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614352 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | A Smith | 2018-11-21 | Jerrabomberra Wetlands NR--Biyalagee Boardwalk, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Australian Capital Territory (excl. Jervis Bay) (Australia) | - Fast harsh chak chak chak | 124522871 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | nick talbot | 2021-09-27 | Attwood, City of Hume, Victoria, Hume - Broadmeadows (Australia) (80 m) | alarm call, call, song - A bird (or possibly two) concealed in a reed bed making a quiet 'keek' call for more than a minute then a rattling alarm call bird-seen:no playback-used:no
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676953 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | James (Jim) Holmes | 2022-06-17 | , Greater Geelong (Australia) | - | 460345061 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | JACOB Hervé | 2017-10-12 | nr Lake Habbema, Snow Mountains, Papua, Papua Province (Indonesia) (2800 m) | call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes
|
395239 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Drew Davison | 2021-09-19 | Herdsman Lake, Stirling, Western Australia, Australia, Stirling (Australia) | - | 370646991 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Zebedee Muller | 2025-07-12 | Beggan Beggan, Hilltops Council, New South Wales, Harden (Australia) (440 m) | call - Whooping calls and motorized calls from farm dam reed beds.
|
1015904 xeno-canto.org |
| Spotless Crake - Zapornia tabuensis | Hervé JACOB | 2017-10-12 | , Papua Province (Indonesia) | - | 203999161 macaulaylibrary.org |
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