Baillon's Crake

Kei te taha mauī ko te Koitareke;
Kei te taha matau ko te Pūtoto

Ko te Koitareke he manu o ngā repo o Aotearoa. He manu itiiti, whakamokeke o te repo. He āhua rite ki te Pūtoto, engari he hāura te tuara, he hina te poho, he mā he mangu ngā tāwakawaka o te puku me ngā papa. Ko ngā waewae he karikikaho. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Porzana pusilla affinis.

Ki ētahi, he ingoa reo Māori anō o te manu nei, arā, he Kāreke. Ko te ingoa o tēnei manu i te reo Pākehā he Marsh Crake.

Porzana pusilla

Tohutoro

• BirdLife International (2004). Porzana pusilla. 2006 IUCN Rārangi whero o ngā momo mōrea. IUCN 2006. He mea kite i te 11 Haratua 2006.
• Robertson, C J R. (Etita), 1985. Reader's Digest Complete Book of New Zealand Birds. Poihākena: Reader's Digest.