Brown crake

Brown crake
From Baur-Haripura Jalashay area, Uttarakhand, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Amaurornis
Species:	A. akool
Binomial name
Amaurornis akool (Sykes, 1832)

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.^[3]

Gallery

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  at Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

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  at Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

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  at Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

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  at Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

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  at Hodal, Faridabad, Haryana, India.

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  At Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

References

Notes

1. BirdLife International (2012). "Amaurornis akool". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. Jobling (2010), p. 43
3. Jobling (2010), p. 37.

Cited texts

Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.