Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer)
Illustration redrawn by AI from a real photograph

Yellow-breasted Crake

Laterallus flaviventer (Boddaert, 1783)

12–14 cmLength25 gWeight

Busiest months: February · Most records: Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Brazil

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February · Most records: Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Brazil

Yellow-breasted Crake has been recorded at 94 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 21 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Medio Queso wetlandCosta Rica854 records
  2. Refugio mixto Caño NegroCosta Rica688 records
  3. Laguna Cartagena - West EndPuerto Rico228 records
More places
  1. Piracicaba – TanquãBrazil174 records
  2. Ammo Dump PondsPanama102 records
  3. Reserva Natural Laguna CartagenaPuerto Rico94 records
  4. Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary – Northern LagoonBelize70 records
  5. Coto 47 – Las PangasCosta Rica63 records
  6. Lago de Yojoa – Sendero Acuático El CanalHonduras49 records
  7. Lago de Yojoa – Sector Cortijo del LagoHonduras43 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Costa RicaPuerto RicoBrazilBelizePanamaHondurasTrinidad & TobagoArgentina

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

Questions

How big is the Yellow-breasted Crake?

The Yellow-breasted Crake is about 12–14 cm long and weighs around 25 g.

Where does the Yellow-breasted Crake live?

Its breeding range: North America, Middle America, South America: Caribbean and southern Mexico to southeastern South America. It is most often recorded in Costa Rica, Puerto Rico and Brazil.

When is the best time to see the Yellow-breasted Crake?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in February (Northern Hemisphere).

Is the Yellow-breasted Crake endangered?

The IUCN Red List classifies the Yellow-breasted Crake as Least Concern.

What does the Yellow-breasted Crake eat?

Main food: Fish, shrimp & shellfish.

What family is the Yellow-breasted Crake in?

It belongs to the family Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae), order Gruiformes.

At a glance

Length
12–14 cm
Weight
25 g
Habitat
Wetland
Diet
Fish, shrimp & shellfish
Lifestyle
Active on the ground
Migration
Partial migrant
Conservation
Least Concern
More measurements
Wing
66 mm
Tail
28 mm
Bill
17 mm
Tarsus
22 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

North America, Middle America, South America: Caribbean and southern Mexico to southeastern South America

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Rails, Crakes & Coots Rallidae
Genus
Laterallus

Other birds in the genus Laterallus

Speckled RailSpeckled RailLaterallus notatusDot-winged CrakeDot-winged CrakeLaterallus spilopteraInaccessible Island RailInaccessible Island RailLaterallus rogersiBlack RailBlack RailLaterallus jamaicensisGalapagos CrakeGalapagos CrakeLaterallus spilonotaGrey-breasted CrakeGrey-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilisWhite-throated CrakeWhite-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularisRuddy CrakeRuddy CrakeLaterallus ruberRusty-flanked CrakeRusty-flanked CrakeLaterallus levraudiRufous-sided CrakeRufous-sided CrakeLaterallus melanophaius
Yellow-breasted Crake

Download illustration

Free to use with credit: “Illustration: Bird Album (birdalbum.com)”. Drawn by AI from a reference photo by Eduardo Borges. ↗

WebP · 1070 px

Heard it but can't see it? Mingji identifies birds by sound and photo, on your phone.

In other languages