Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) - HBW 3, p. 184
French: Marouette de Baillon
German: Zwergsumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Chica
Other common names: Marsh/Tiny Crake
Taxonomy: Rallus pusillus Pallas, 1776, Dauria.
Forms superspecies with recently extinct P. palmeri of Laysan I (Hawaii). Race mayri possibly synonymous with palustris. Possible race obscura, of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, doubtfully valid. Six subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- intermedia (Hermann, 1804) - Europe E to Asia Minor, and S locally in Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia, then from E Zaire to C Kenya and S to Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and also Madagascar; European birds winter in Africa.
- pusilla (Pallas, 1776) - R Dnestr E through C & E Asia to Amurland, N China, N Korea and Japan, S to Iran and N India and irregularly in Sumatra and Sulawesi; winters in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and from S China to Indonesia and Philippines.
- mira Riley, 1938 - Borneo.
- intermedia (Hermann, 1804) - Europe E to Asia Minor, and S locally in Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia, then from E Zaire to C Kenya and S to Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and also Madagascar; European birds winter in Africa.
- pusilla (Pallas, 1776) - R Dnestr E through C & E Asia to Amurland, N China, N Korea and Japan, S to Iran and N India and irregularly in Sumatra and Sulawesi; winters in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and from S China to Indonesia and Philippines.
- mira Riley, 1938 - Borneo.
- mayri Junge, 1952 - New Guinea.
- palustris Gould, 1843 - E New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania.
- affinis (J. E. Gray, 1846) - New Zealand and Chatham Is.
- Least Concern
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A bird swimming and foraging in a marsh Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp palustris)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 August 2004 3 years ago 29 sec 4.7 -
A bird foraging in a marsh Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp palustris)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 August 2004 3 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding in a marsh Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp palustris)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 August 2004 3 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
An adult foraging on a wetland, with a Black-winged Stilt Arrocampo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (ssp intermedia)
Javier Ortas 5 May 2008 2 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
A bird walking through mud and reeds, then flying away Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Nick Talbot 20 October 2006 3 years ago 5 sec 4.1 -
An adult feeding Sherwood Arboretum, Sherwood, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (ssp palustris)
Tom Tarrant 31 October 1994 5 years ago 31 sec 4.1
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A female Baillon's crake, foraging on a mudflat in a recently (2007) established nature reserve in The Netherlands. Netherlands (ssp intermedia)
Gerard Visser 26 June 2010 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.3 -
walking juvenil bird, near the water Khor Sawli, Dhofar, Oman
Georges Olioso 17 November 2001 1 year ago 4 -
An adult male displaying beautifully out of the dense bushes. South Holland, Netherlands
Frank Derriks 14 June 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
a bird looking for food on an exposed mud-flat Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
Philip Griffin 27 January 2010 26 weeks ago 3.4 -
Baillon's crake, close-up of feathers Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 31 December 2009 13 weeks ago 3.3 -
One feeding on mud of drying up wetland (digiscoped) Laratinga Wetlands, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia (ssp palustris)
Peter Waanders 21 January 2010 23 weeks ago 3
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two calls of adult Groningen Province, Netherlands
(ssp intermedia)
DusanB 21 May 2004 33 weeks ago 4
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