Update on the distribution range of the white-browed crake (<em>Porzana cinerea</em>): a new record from mainland China

Li-Jiang YU; Ai-Wu JIANG; Fang ZHOU

doi:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2015.1.59

Volume 36 Issue 1

Jan. 2015

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Li-Jiang YU, Ai-Wu JIANG, Fang ZHOU. Update on the distribution range of the white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea): a new record from mainland China. Zoological Research, 2015, 36(1): 59-61. doi: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2015.1.59

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Li-Jiang YU, Ai-Wu JIANG, Fang ZHOU. Update on the distribution range of the white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea): a new record from mainland China. Zoological Research, 2015, 36(1): 59-61. doi: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2015.1.59

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Update on the distribution range of the white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea): a new record from mainland China

doi: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2015.1.59

1 College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning Guangxi 530005, China;
2 College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning Guangxi 530005, China

Funds: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31172123)

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Corresponding author: Li-Jiang YU
Received Date: 2014-08-28
Rev Recd Date: 2014-12-24
Publish Date: 2015-01-08

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Since 1980, the white-browed crake (Porzana cinerea) has been experiencing an expansion from south of the Isthmus of Kra, northward to China. Recently, this species was observed in several locations throughout Southwest China, including Ningming and Baise, Guangxi (2012, 2013), and Xichang, Sichuan (2013). These sightings are the first distribution record of this species in mainland China, suggesting that the white-browed crake is following a natural species dispersal northward into mainland China from Southeast Asia.
- Porzana cinerea,
- New record,
- Mainland China

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