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Porzana pusilla intermedia |
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Porzana pusilla |
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Marouette de Baillon |
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Baillon's Crake |
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Even though it has never been caught in Katanga, this small crake with brownish upperparts and white-and-black barring on the flanks and undertail must exist here, its distribution area extending from South Africa to Ethiopia. |
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Lives a hidden life, only venturing out of the reeds at dawn and at dusk. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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