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Spotless Crake

Zapornia tabuensis (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The spotless crake is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Zapornia
Scientific:
  Zapornia tabuensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.717

Protonym:
  Rallus tabuensis

Type locality:
  Tonga Tabu, Tahiti, and neighboring islands.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656210

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C15FF1EB625BBFA2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C15FF1EB

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C15FF1EB

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176252

Geographic range:

  • Zapornia tabuensis: Luzon and Mindoro (northern Philippines), Timor (eastern Lesser Sundas), Australasian region, and Oceania
  • Zapornia tabuensis tabuensis: Philippines, Australasian region, and Oceania
  • Zapornia tabuensis edwardi: central highlands of Papua New Guinea
  • Zapornia tabuensis richardsoni: western New Guinea (Jayawijaya Mountains)
  • Zapornia tabuensis plumbea: southeastern and southwestern Australia including Tasmania, New Zealand, and Chatham Islands
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Spotless Crake
Catalan:
Rasclet del Pacífic
Czech:
chřástal temný
Danish:
Sodbrun Rørvagtel
German:
Südsee-Sumpfhuhn
Spanish:
Polluela de Tongatapu
Spanish (Spain):
Polluela de Tongatapu
Finnish:
putotohuitti
French:
Marouette fuligineuse
Croatian:
sivoprsa štijoka
Hungarian:
déltengeri vízicsibe
Italian:
Schiribilla uniforme
Japanese (romaji):
minamikurokuina
Japanese:
ミナミクロクイナ
Lithuanian:
juosvoji švygžda
Dutch:
Pacifisch Porseleinhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sotrikse
Norwegian:
Sotrikse
Polish:
kureczka posępna
Portuguese:
Sanã-imaculada
Portuguese (Portugal):
franga-d'água-imaculada
Russian:
Крапчатый погоныш
Slovak:
chriašť zátoňový
Serbian:
Crni pacifički barski petlić
Swedish:
sotsumphöna
Ukrainian:
Погонич австралійський
Chinese:
无斑田鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
煙背田雞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Marouette fuligineuse ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Marouette fuligineuse ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Sooty Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Sooty Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Spotless Crake ( Zapornia tabuensis) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Porzana tabuensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Porzana tabuensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Porzana tabuensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Porzana tabuensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Porzana tabuensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Rasclet del Pacífic
Czech: Chrástal temný, chřástal temný
Danish: Sodbrun Rørvagtel
German: Südseesumpfhuhn, Südsee-Sumpfhuhn
English: Black Rail, Puweto, Sooty Crake, Sooty Rail, Spotless Crake, Spottless Crake
English, HBW: Spotless Crake
English (IOC): Spotless Crake
English (United States): Spotless Crake
Esperanto: senmakula porzano, Tongatapua porzano
Spanish: Polluela de Tongatapu, Polluela de Tongatupu, Polluela Oscura
Spanish (Spain): Polluela de Tongatapu
Spanish (HBW): Spotless Crake
Estonian: putoto-huik
Finnish: Putotohuitti
French: Marouette fuligineuse, Râle d'Australasie, Râle fuligineux
Croatian: sivoprsa štijoka
Hungarian: déltengeri vízicsibe
Indonesian: Tikusan Polos
Italian: Schiribilla fuligginosa, Schiribilla uniforme
Japanese (romaji): minamihikuina, minamikurokuina
Japanese: ミナミクロクイナ, ミナミヒクイナ
Scientific: Porzana tabuensis, Porzana tabuensis tabuensis, Rallus tabuensis, Zapornia tabuensis, Zapornia tabuensis tabuensis
Lithuanian: Dėmėtoji švygžda, juosvoji švygžda
Maori: puweto, pūweto
Dutch: Pacifisch Porseleinhoen
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sotrikse
Norwegian: Sotrikse
Polish: kureczka posepna, kureczka posępna
Portuguese: Sanã-imaculada
Portuguese (Portugal): Franga-d'água-de-tongatapu, franga-d'água-imaculada
Rarotongan: Mo‘omo‘o
Russian: Крапчатый погоныш, Погоныш-путото
Slovak: chriašť zátoňový
Serbian: Crni pacifički barski petlić
Swedish: Sotsumphöna
Turkish: Okyanusya Suyelvesi
Tahitian: meho
Ukrainian: Погонич австралійський
Chinese: 无斑田鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 煙背田雞

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