Porzana cinerea
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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 Way Kambas National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 202nd most-seen of the 205 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Crake in Way Kambas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–July and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Way Kambas National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 370 mm in March. November to February have too few records to rate.
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.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate White-browed Crake sightings, Way Kambas National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam, under 5%) and Kakadu National Park (Australia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-browed Crake is recorded against all the birds logged in Way Kambas National Park (6 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.
