Little Crake

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q270680
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Summary

Little Crake is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Zapornia[5]
  • Taxon name: Zapornia parva[6]
  • Commons category: Zapornia parva[7]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[8]
  • Original combination: Rallus parvus[9]
  • Short name: Z. parva[10]
  • Taxon common name: Little Crake[11], Kleinsumpfhuhn[12], Polluela bastarda[13], Europese Kleinriethaan[14], Marouette poussin[15], Schiribilla[16], Klein Waterhoen[17], Lille Rørvagtel[18], Sumprikse[19], Малый погоныш[20], コクイナ[21], rascletó[22], mindre sumphöna[23], chřástal malý[24]
  • Wingspan: 36.5 cm[25]
  • Mass: 7.9 g[26]

Body

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 183[27] and 508919[28]. Recorded NCBI taxonomy ID include 1294531[29] and 2861758[30]. Little Crake's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47364056[31]. Recorded GBIF taxon ID include 2474627[32] and 9272513[33]. Little Crake's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176249[34].

Why It Matters

Little Crake has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [25] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  30. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  31. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · An Sionnach Rua · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Q96377276
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Taxon name: Zapornia parva"
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