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Amaurornis flavirostra |
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Limnocorax flavirostra |
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Râle ŕ bec jaune |
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Black Crake |
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| Kandubu; ndubu mufike, katungu kafike (Tshiluba); muték(i)téki (Lunda) ; kafututu (Kiluba-PNU) ; kamfututu (Kiluba) ; Kafulubiti (Kibemba) | |
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Can not be confused with its jet-black coloration, yellow bill, red legs and red eyes. |
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Common in Katanga, seen more easily than other crakes as it is more often seen in open areas. Always present where there is permanent water. |
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Nests among reeds towards the end of the rainy season. |
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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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