Brown Crake in the Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan - March 2014
I managed to spot this from the ground of the Hotel Suvastu ast Fiza Ghat in District Swat. Brown Crakes are rare in Pakistan - only recorded around Rawalpindi previously but I managed to spot two here. The fact that two are up here and in March could mean many things - they could be resident, they could be on passage migration, they could be dispersing, they could be a pair, they could have bred, be a family....
It is the first time I have seen this bird. A great pleasure to add to the list!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_crake
The Brown Crake (Amaurornis akool), or Brown Bush-hen, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family (Rallidae) found in South Asia.
Its genus name, Amaurornis, comes from the Greek amauros, meaning "dusky" or "brown" and ornis, meaning "bird".[2] The species name, akool, is of uncertain origin. It may come from Hindu mythology, or it may be a derivation of the Sinhalese word kukkula, which is used for both moorhen and watercock.
Brown Crake in the Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan - March 2014
I managed to spot this from the ground of the Hotel Suvastu ast Fiza Ghat in District Swat. Brown Crakes are rare in Pakistan - only recorded around Rawalpindi previously but I managed to spot two here. The fact that two are up here and in March could mean many things - they could be resident, they could be on passage migration, they could be dispersing, they could be a pair, they could have bred, be a family....
It is the first time I have seen this bird. A great pleasure to add to the list!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_crake
The Brown Crake (Amaurornis akool), or Brown Bush-hen, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family (Rallidae) found in South Asia.
Its genus name, Amaurornis, comes from the Greek amauros, meaning "dusky" or "brown" and ornis, meaning "bird".[2] The species name, akool, is of uncertain origin. It may come from Hindu mythology, or it may be a derivation of the Sinhalese word kukkula, which is used for both moorhen and watercock.