{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Striped crake | image = Aenigmatolimnas marginalis, Kgomo-kgomo-vleiland, Birding Weto, a.jpg | image_caption = male | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Amaurornis marginalis'' |amends=2016 |article-number=e.T22692729A111821536 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692729A111821536.en |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> | genus = Aenigmatolimnas | parent_authority = J.L. Peters, 1932 | species = marginalis | authority = (Hartlaub, 1857) | synonyms = ''Porzana marginalis'' <br /> ''Amaurornis marginalis'' <br /> ''Poliolimnas marginalis'' <small>(Hartlaub, 1857)</small><br /> }}
The '''striped crake''' ('''''Aenigmatolimnas marginalis''''') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only species in the genus '''''Aenigmatolimnas''''', having formerly been included in ''Porzana'' or in ''Poliolimnas''. Its precise relationships, however, are still enigmatic.
==Range== It is found in Cameroon, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Vagrants have been recorded in Kuwait, Italy, Algeria, Morocco and Libya.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Aenigmatolimnas marginalis, haan en kuikens, Kgomo-kgomo-vleiland, Birding Weto, b.jpg|{{center|male and chicks}} File:Aenigmatolimnas marginalis, kuiken, Kgomo-kgomo-vleiland, Birding Weto, a.jpg|{{center|chick}} </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Aenigmatolimnas_marginalis.html Image at ADW] * Striped crake - [https://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/216.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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striped crake Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa striped crake Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN <!-- Aenigmatolimnas marginalis -->
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