ruddy-breasted crake
A small waterbird (Porzana fusca) found in wetlands across East and Southeast Asia. In Japanese, the name is almost always written in katakana as ヒクイナ.
I spotted a ruddy-breasted crake in the rice paddy.
Katakana spelling is standard for this bird name; usually written in kana.
Kanji form using rare characters; rarely used in practice.
Alternate kanji form; also rare.
A compound of 緋, “scarlet,” and クイナ, “rail,” named for the bird’s reddish coloration.