Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Rails, Gallinules and Coots :: Baillon's Crake

Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla

Described by: Pallas (1776)
Alternate common name(s): Marsh Crake, Tiny Crake, Lesser Spotted Crake
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Mango Hill, Queensland, Australia - Aug, 2002 © Tom Tarrant  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 2002 © Hans&Judy Beste  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 2002 © Hans&Judy Beste  Delhi, India - Apr 10, 2005 © Nikhil Devasar 
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Range

Europe to ec. Asia. E. and s. Africa and Madagascar. N. India. Greater Sundas. Australia. New Zealand;
Fragmented populations;
(1) W. Europe (n. France, Netherlands, s. Germany and s. Czechoslovakia) and Sardinia to the Balkans, c. and s. Russia, Jordan and Iran and n. Africa (Morocco, Tunisia and probably n. Algeria). Cw. Angola, Zambia, e. Zaire, w. Uganda, c. Ethiopia, Sudan, n. Somalia, w. Kenya (Thika, Mombasa), Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, ne. Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Cape Province). Madagascar.
(2) C. Asia e. of the Dnestr River in s. Siberia to Lake Baikal, Transbaikalia, s. Amurland and Ussuriland, Mongolia, n. China, North Korea and Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu) and s. to Iran, e. Kazakhstan, n. Kirghiz steppes, and n. India (Kashmir) then s. to Malaysia, Sumatra (Belitung Is.) and Sulawesi.
Winters s. India, Sri Lanka, Burma, s. China, Indonesia and the Philippines.
(3) E. Borneo.
(4) C. New Guinea (c. highlands and Lake Wissel in the Weyland Mountains).
(5) E. New Guinea (Port Moresby area), se. and sw. Australia (sw. and n. Western Australia, n. and se. Northern Territory, Queensland (Lake Bidegolly), New South Wales (Sherwood Forest Park near Brisbane and Cronulla Swamp near Sidney), Victoria (Werribee) and e. South Australia) and Tasmania.
(6) New Zealand, Stewart Is. and Chatham Is.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Frans van der Veen
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Dutch Birding Association
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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