Archive for the ‘Rallidae’ Category

• Baillon’s crake

  Jul 19 | Crakes | Little Stint | 851 Views | with No Comments

  The Baillon’s crake – (Zapornia pusilla) or Marsh crake is a small species of water bird of the family Rallidae. It is widely but thinly distributed across Europe but its main breeding range is right across Asia from...

• Little crake

  Jul 19 | Crakes | Little Stint | 826 Views | with No Comments

  The Little crake – (Zapornia parva) – according to eBird and Birdlife, but has an alternative scientific name in other sources – is a very small water bird of the family Rallidae. It is a summer breeder,...

• White-breasted waterhen

  Jul 18 | Waterhens | Little Stint | 841 Views | with No Comments

  The White-breasted waterhen – (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a water bird of the family Rallidae. It has a wide range across S and SE Asia from Pakistan to Japan and Indonesia. In The AWB Region it is an infrequent Accidental...

• Watercock

  Jul 18 | Watercocks | Little Stint | 845 Views | with No Comments

  The Watercock – (Gallicrex cinerea) is a medium sized water bird of the family Rallidae. It is a S and SE Asian bird ranging from Pakistan to the Sea of Japan. It is only Accidental to the AWB Region. Order: Gruiformes...

• Grey-headed swamphen

  Jul 18 | Swamphens | Little Stint | 812 Views | with No Comments

  The Grey-headed swamphen – ( Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a large species of water bird of the family Rallidae. It is common across S E Asia and the Indian sub-continent but less so across the northern Middle East. In...

• Red-knobbed coot

  Jul 18 | Coots | Little Stint | 825 Views | with No Comments

  The Red-knobbed coot – (Fulica cristata) or Crested coot is a larger species of water bird of the family Rallidae. It is resident throughout its range across most of Africa south from Eritrea but with an...

• Eurasian coot

  Jul 17 | Coots | Little Stint | 849 Views | with No Comments

  The Eurasian coot – (Fulica atra) or Common coot is a larger water bird species of the family Rallidae. It is widely distributed across Eurasia, Northern Africa and Australasia. In the AWB Region it is a breeding summer...

• Eurasian moorhen

  Jul 17 | Moorhens | Little Stint | 786 Views | with No Comments

  The Eurasian moorhen – (Gallinula chloropus) or Common moorhen is a medium sized species of water bird of the family Rallidae. It is very widespread across Eurasia and Africa. In the AWB Region it is a summer breeder in The...

• Spotted crake

  Jul 17 | Crakes | Little Stint | 794 Views | with No Comments

  The Spotted crake (Porzana porzana) is a small species of water bird of the family Rallidae. It has an extensive range across Eurasia to Mongolia, it is strongly migratory with the eastern birds wintering in the Indian...

• Corn crake

  Jul 16 | Crakes | Little Stint | 795 Views | with No Comments

  The Corn crake (Crex crex) is a medium sized species of crake of the ground/wetland bird family Rallidae. It has a very extensive Breeding Range from W Europe to E Asia, and migrates to winter in southern Africa. In the AWB...