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Little Crake
Porzana parva
| Armenian Name: | Եվրոպական ճահճահովվիկ |
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| Species Status: | Undetermined Species - Species of Special Concern |
See Plate 22 for Little Crake and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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| Abundance: | Rare |
| Length: | 18-20 cm, Wing Span:34-39 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 100. |
| Description: | Long primary extension. |
| Adult: | Green bill with red base, greenish legs, red eye. Male: brown with few white spots above, gray-blue below, narrow white bars on rear flanks and undertail coverts. Female: pale brown below with white throat; brown and white bars on rear flanks and undertail coverts. |
| Juvenile: | Like female but legs duller; flanks more mottled. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from Baillon's and Spotted Crakes by fewer spots above, weakly-barred flanks, long primary extension. |
| Behavior: | Secretive, comes out to edge of reeds. |
| Habitat: | Ponds, marshes. |
| Food: | Invertebrates. |
| Nest: | Cup of plant stems in marsh. |
| Eggs: | 30 mm, 7-9, buff, brown spots. |
