Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Little Crake (Porzana parva) - HBW 3, p. 183
French: Marouette poussin
German: Kleines Sumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Bastarda
Taxonomy: Rallus parvus Scopoli, 1769, probably from Carniola.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Locally in Europe E across Transcaucasus, SE Transcaspia, W Tadjikistan, Kazakhstan and W Xinjiang (Tien Shan and Tarim Basin E to Lop Nur), NW China. Winters from Mediterranean S to W Africa (Senegal, Niger, Nigeria) and E Africa (Uganda, Kenya), and E through Arabia to W Pakistan and NW India.
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A close view of a male preening. Locality Miguel Esteban, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Monotypic species)
Javier Ortas 10 April 2007 5 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
Adult female feeding in a ditch Locality Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Kim Tarsey 10 May 2005 2 years ago 1 min 6 sec 4.3 -
looking for food Locality Lepelaarsplassen, Almere, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 11 September 2011 1 year ago 26 sec 4.1 -
A bird walking in the oued Locality Oued Noun (Assaka), Guelmim-Es Semara Region, Morocco
Pascal Vagner 29 March 2012 36 weeks ago 29 sec 3.8 -
A juvenile foraging in the open. Locality Lepelaarsplassen, Almere, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 11 September 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 3.8 -
A frontal view of a juvenile next to a reedbed, catching something at the end of the clip. Locality Lepelaarsplassen, Almere, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 11 September 2011 1 year ago 33 sec 3.8
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Porzana parva near Pollensa, Mallorca. april 2010.
Locality Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 18 April 2010 2 years ago 4.1 -
Male hunting in dark
Locality Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Marc FASOL 22 April 2011 24 weeks ago 4 -
on rock
Locality The Btecha (Jordan River Delta), Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 2 April 2011 2 years ago 3.7 -
Male looking for food on little pool
Locality Lesbos Island, North Aegean Region, Greece
Marc FASOL 22 April 2011 25 weeks ago 3.5 -
An adult migrant during a stopover.
Locality Kendirli (Fetisovo) village, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 26 April 2009 3 years ago 3.4 -
female
Locality Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Aleix Comas 19 March 2000 4 years ago 2.5
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