Porzana cinerea
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
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
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| # | 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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Crake sighting in Makassar on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 66 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
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.
2nd of 8
Of the 8 cities where we can rate White-browed Crake sightings, Makassar ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Denpasar (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same family: Rallidae
The closest relatives of the White-browed Crake that you can see in Makassar (family Rallidae, Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) are White-breasted Waterhen (about 20%), Buff-banded Rail (about 10%) and Barred Rail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Crake is recorded against all the birds logged in Makassar (11 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.
