What is Spotless crake?
{{Speciesbox | image =Spotless Crake samcem08.JPG | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692705/93365864 |accessdate=September 29, 2021 |author=BirdLife International |year=2016 |volume=2016 |title=Spotless Crake: ''Zapornia tabuensis'' |page=e.T22692705A93365864|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692705A93365864.en}}</ref> | status_system = IUCN | taxon = Zapornia tabuensis | authority (Gmelin, 1789) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Porzana tabuensis'' (Gmelin, 1789) | synonyms_ref=<ref name=NZB /> }} The '''spotless crake''', '''sooty rail''', '''pūweto''', '''puweto''', or '''putoto''' (''Zapornia tabuensis'') is a bird in the family [[Rallidae]]. It lives in the [[Philippines]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], other parts of [[Polynesia]], and two subspecies have been found high in the hills in [[New Guinea]]. Scientists do not know much about them because they hide so well.<ref name=AU>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=898|publisher=Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Environment|accessdate=September 29, 2021|title=''Zapornia tabuensis'' — Spotless Crake}}</ref><ref name=NZB>{{cite web|url=https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/spotless-crake|publisher=New Zealand Birds Online|author=Fitzgerald, N|accessdate=October 4, 2021|title=Spotless crake: ''Porzana pusilla'' (Gmelin, 1789)}}</ref> ==Appearance== The spotless crake is about half the size of a [[blackbird]]. It is about 20 cm long. It weighs about 45 g. It has blue-gray and black feathers. It has orange-pink legs. It has a black beak.<ref name=NZB /> ==Habitat and food== Spotless crakes live in [[wetlands]] that have fresh water, not salt water. They look for food where the plants grow close together. Sometimes they will walk out on bare mud, but they run back into the plants if they think they are in danger.<ref name=NZB /> The spotless crake eats the seeds of many plants, but it also eats [[invertebrate|a