Porzana pusilla
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Baillon's crake (Zapornia pusilla), also known as the marsh crake, is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Their breeding habitat is sedge beds and swamps, ranging from Eastern Europe to Honshu in Japan. The total breeding population in Europe as of 2016 was suspected to be 4,000 to 9,000 individuals. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the Hungarian population declined in the 20th century due to wetland drainage. There has been a recovery in north-western Europe in recent years, with the recolonisation of Germany and the Netherlands, and breeding suspected in Britain; an Irish record in 2012 was the first there since the 1850s. They nest in dry locations in wet sedge bogs, laying 4–8 eggs. This species is migratory, wintering in East Africa and South Asia, as well as being a resident breeder in Africa and Australasia.
There is a single North American record of this species on Attu Island in September 2000. There are at least five subspecies of Baillon's crake: Zapornia pusilla affinis in New Zealand Zapornia pusilla palustris in Australia and New Guinea
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kochi | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Wuhan | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Melbourne | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Kozhikode | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Baillon's Crake sighting in Coimbatore on a given day, based on 108 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 125th most-seen of the 201 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Baillon's Crake in Coimbatore on a given day, against under 5% in April to December, the lowest months. Those are among Coimbatore's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in October.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Baillon's 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.
5th of 20
Of the 20 cities where we can rate Baillon's Crake sightings, Coimbatore ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Vasai-Virar (India, about 10%), Mombasa (Kenya, under 5%) and Cape Town (South Africa, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Baillon's Crake is recorded against all the birds logged in Coimbatore (108 verified sightings), 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.
