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RED-NECKED CRAKE


Photo: C & D Frith
Wet Tropics Rainforest Life

RED-NECKED CRAKE
Rallina tricolor 30 cm

·         In Australia the Red-necked Crake is restricted to rainforests in north Queensland.

·         It occupies the dense, moist understorey of lowland and foothill forests, often where cyclone damage has created tangles of spiny climbing palms.

·         Reports that it is mainly crepuscular and nocturnal have not been substantiated.

·         It breeds during the spring and summer, when its loud territorial calls are uttered more often.  Calling frequency is probably greatest during late afternoon and early evening.  

·    Parent-chick communication includes warnings. When the alarm is given, the little black chicks of the red-necked crake scatter, crouch and remain immobile. They also send out high-pitched whistles which may help the parents to locate them again once danger has passed. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency) 

·    Near Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge it occurs sparsely, at places including Lake Barrine, Malanda Falls and the Cathedral Fig.

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