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• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Taxonomic note
Zapornia paykullii (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Porzana.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Near Threatened	C1
2012	Near Threatened	C1
2008	Near Threatened	C1
2004	Near Threatened
2000	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1994	Lower Risk/Near Threatened
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type	continent	Average mass	111 g

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,190,000 km2	medium
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	5,540,000 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	poor	suspected	-
Generation length	2.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, although national population estimates include: c.100-10,000 breeding pairs and c.50-1,000 individuals on migration in China. Recent fieldwork at Muraviovka and around the Amur region have revealed that the species is common in suitable habitats, even in drier areas and appears to have some tolerance to changes in water level and habitats affected by fires (W. Heim in litt. 2016).

Trend justification: There are no data on population trends; however, agricultural intensification is suspected to be causing a decline at an unknown rate.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes			yes
Indonesia	extant	native			yes	yes
Malaysia	extant	native			yes	yes
North Korea	extant	native	yes			yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
South Korea	extant	native	yes			yes
Thailand	extant	native			yes	yes
Vietnam	extant	native			yes	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Russia (Asian)	Amur valley near Blagoveshensk
Russia (Asian)	Arkhara lowlands
Russia (Asian)	Kievka and Chernaya river basins
Russia (Asian)	Lower Bikin river (Kenihezskaya mire)

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	major	non-breeding
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	major	breeding
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Agriculture & aquaculture	Annual & perennial non-timber crops - Scale Unknown/Unrecorded	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion
Natural system modifications	Dams & water management/use - Abstraction of surface water (domestic use)	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation
Residential & commercial development	Commercial & industrial areas	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Ongoing		Minority (<50%)		Slow, Significant Declines		Low Impact: 5
		Stresses Ecosystem degradation, Ecosystem conversion

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/band-bellied-crake-zapornia-paykullii on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.