Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Ballion’s Crake

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Porzana pusilla

Order:

Gruiformes

Family:

Rallidae

fun facts:

Ballion’s Crake is also called the March Crake.

It is a migrant to Ladakh. The sexes look the same.

They will nest in a dry location in wet sedges and grasses at the edge of a marsh.