African Crake

Overview

African Crake (Crecopsis egregia) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae) in the order Cranes and Allies.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Crecopsis; binomial: Crecopsis egregia; authority: (Peters, W, 1854).

Distribution

Breeding range: Africa.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

African Crake is not sister to Corn Crake but rather forms a subclade with Rouget's Rail with internal branch lengths comparable to other separate genera within Rallidae. Move from Crex to monotypic genus Crecopsis (Garcia-R et al. 2020).