The scientific genus of the African crake was revised in 2020

The African crake is a bird whose classification has long been a subject of debate among ornithologists. Described for the first time in 1854 by Wilhelm Peters, it has successively belonged to the genera Crecopsis, Crex and Porzana. In 2020, the International Ornithological Congress finally decided to place it back in the genus Crecopsis following new research.