Editing Slaty-legged crake

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Slaty-legged crake
| image = Slaty-legged_crake_(Rallina_eurizonoides)_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg
| image_caption = ''Rallina eurizonoides''
Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2020 |title=''Rallina eurizonoides'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T22692317A181757127 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22692317A181757127.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Rallina
| species = eurizonoides
| authority = ([[Frédéric de Lafresnaye|Lafresnaye]], 1845)
| synonyms = *''Rallina euryzonoides''
*''Rallina minahasa''
}}

The '''slaty-legged crake''' or '''banded crake''' ('''''Rallina eurizonoides''''') is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, [[Rallidae]].

==Distribution and habitat==
Its breeding habitat is [[swamp]]s and similar wet areas in well-wooded country across south [[Asia]] east from [[India]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Sri Lanka]] to the [[Philippines]]  and [[Indonesia]].  The rails are mainly permanent residents throughout their range, but some northern populations [[bird migration|migrate]] further south in winter.

[[File:RallinaEuryzonoidesKeulemans.jpg|thumb|left]]

==Description==
The [[wikt:slaty|slaty]]-legged crake is about 25&nbsp;cm long. Its body is flattened laterally to allow easier passage through the undergrowth. It has long toes and a short tail. Colouring includes a brown back, chestnut head and breast, and strong black-and-white barring on the flanks, belly and undertail. The throat is white, the bill is yellowish, and the legs are green.  Sexes are similar; juveniles are dark brown above and below, although they have the belly barring and white throat.

==Behaviour==
Slaty-legged crakes are territorial, but are quite secretive, hiding in bushes when disturbed.  They probe with their bill in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight. They forage for [[Berry|berries]] and [[insect]]s on the ground, or clambering through bushes and undergrowth. They nest in a dry location on the ground or low bush usually near forest paths and forest streams, laying 4–8 [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s. A study conducted in Nilambur, [[Kerala]] in southern India shows that the incubation period was about 20 days.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Murukesh M.D.|first1=Peroth Balakrishnan|title=On the breeding of the Slaty-legged Crake (Aves: Rallidae: Rallina eurizonoides) in Nilambur, Kerala, southern India|journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa|year=2015|volume=7|issue=6|pages=7298–7301|url=http://www.threatenedtaxa.in/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2029/3249|doi=10.11609/jott.o4185.7298-301 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

==References==
{{Commons category|Rallina eurizonoides}}
{{Reflist}}
* ''Birds of India'' by Grimmett, Inskipp and Inskipp, {{ISBN|0-691-04910-6}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q679123}}

[[Category:Rallina|slaty-legged crake]]
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[[Category:Birds of Nepal]]
[[Category:Birds of Eastern Himalaya]]
[[Category:Birds of Hainan]]
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[[Category:Birds of the Ryukyu Islands]]
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