Spotted Crake

What the Spotted Crake sounds like

Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Call, flight call · Genêts, Manche, Normandy, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Sonothèque ADVL · Nocturnal flight call · Carolles, Manche, Normandie, France · CC0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Noé Ferrari · Nocturnal flight call · Arrondissement d'Abbeville (near Abbeville), Somme, Hauts-de-France, France · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Spotted Crake

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spotted Crake

The map shades 68 countries with regular records, and 11 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Ireland, Kenya, Botswana, St. Martin, Mongolia, Iceland, Nigeria, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Jersey, North Macedonia.

About the Spotted Crake

The spotted crake is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. The scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for small rails.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Australian CrakePorzana flumineaThe Australian crake measures 19–23 cm (7.5–9.1 in) in length, weighs 55–70 g (1.9–2.5 oz) and has a wingspan of 27–33 cm (11–13 in). SoraPorzana carolinaAdult soras are 19–30 cm (7.5–11.8 in) long, with dark-marked brown upperparts, a blue-grey face and underparts, and black and white barring on the flanks.