Black Crake / Zapornia flavirostra LC
- Synonyms Black Rail, Black waterhen, African Black Crake
- Old latin name for bird Amaurornis flavirostris, Limnocorax flavirostris, Amaurornis niger, Amaurornis flavirostra, Gallinula flavirostra, Limnocorax flavirostra, Limnocorax niger, Rallus niger, Porzana flavirostra
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Where to see Black Crake
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartriethaan |
| Azerbaijani | qara çivdimdik |
| Bulgarian | Африканска пъструшка |
| Catalan | polla negra |
| Chinese | 黑苦恶鸟 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑苦惡鳥 |
| Croatian | crna štijoka, Crni štijoka |
| Czech | Chrástal žlutozobý, chřástal žlutozobý |
| Danish | Sort Rørvagtel |
| Dutch | Zwart Porseleinhoen, Zwarte waterral, Zwart Poseleinhoen, Zwarte Kwartelkoning |
| Esperanto | Flavbeka amaŭrornito, Nigra galinolo |
| Estonian | musthuik |
| Finnish | mustahuitti |
| French | Marouette à bec jaune, Marouette noire, Râle à bec jaune, Poule d'eau noire, Râle noir, Marouette noire à bec jaune |
| Frisian | Swart reidhintsje |
| Galician | Poliña negra |
| German | Negerralle, Schwarzkielralle, Mohrensumpfhuhn, Mohrenralle |
| Greek | Αφρικαvική μαυρoπoυλάδα |
| Hungarian | mór vízicsibe, Fekete vízicsibe |
| Icelandic | Sótrella |
| Irish | Crág dhubh Afracach |
| Italian | Schiribilla nera africana, Galinella nera, Rallo nero |
| Japanese | アフリカクロクイナ |
| Latvian | melnais ormanītis |
| Lithuanian | Afrikinė juodvištė, Juodoji žaliasnapė vištelė, juodasis amaurornis |
| Macedonian | Црна барска кокошка |
| Northern Sami | Čáhppesjeaggevuonccis |
| Norwegian | svartrikse |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Svartrikse |
| Polish | kureczka czarna |
| Portuguese | franga-d'água-preta |
| Romanian | Cresteţ negru |
| Russian | Чёрный погоныш, Африканский чёрный погоныш, Африканский чёрный пастушок |
| Serbian | Afrički crni barski petlić, Crni barski petlić |
| Shona | Nhapata |
| Slovak | chriašť mníšsky, chriašteľ mníší |
| Slovenian | vranja tukalica |
| Spanish | Polluela negra africana, Polluela Negra |
| Swahili | Kiluwiri Mweusi |
| Swedish | korpsumphöna, Korprall |
| Tsonga | Hukunambu |
| Turkish | Kara Suyelvesi, Kara Afrika Yelvesi |
| Ukrainian | багновик африканський |
| Welsh | Rhegen ddu Affrica |
| Zulu | umJekejeke |