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TROPICS BUILDING CLOSED

To keep our birds safe from Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), the Tropics building will be closed to the public until further notice. Please check SCZ's social media accounts and other communication for updates.

Sedgwick County Zoo

Black crake

These birds belong to the rail family. Rails are usually secretive, but black crakes are often spotted out in the open, walking along the shores of where they live. They’ll even sometimes perch on the backs of larger mammals, like warthogs and hippopotamus.

Conservation StatusLeast Concern
Life spanMedian Life Expectancy is 3.7 years
Body size10 in. wingspan
Native habitat Swamps and reed beds of Sub-Saharan Africa
DietWorms, crustaceans, small frogs and fish, aquatic seeds

Collared finch-billed bulbul Red-crested turaco

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