Porzana cinerea
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The white-browed crake (Poliolimnas cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct. Wikipedia →
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Thailand · 2025
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Indonesia · 2017
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Australia · 2024
© Tom Hunt · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Makassar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Phnom Penh | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | |
| 4 | Cebu City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 5 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 6 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 7 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Crake sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 192nd most-seen of the 244 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Crake in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-browed Crake sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate White-browed Crake sightings, Cat Tien National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Kakadu National Park (Australia, under 5%) and Way Kambas National Park (Indonesia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Crake is recorded against all the birds logged in Cat Tien National Park (44 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
