Bird
Little crake
Porzana parva · Rallidae · Gruiformes
Best monthsMar–Maymost records
Records16,726in 44 countries
Most seen inIsrael3,830 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Little crake in brief
The little crake (Porzana parva) is a bird of the Rallidae family.
Across the 44 countries we cover it has 16,726 published records, most of them from Israel, Greece and Türkiye. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in March, April and May and fall to their lowest in January and December.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Israel3,830 records · best Mar, Apr
Greece1,847 records · best Apr, May
Türkiye1,405 records · best Apr, Mar
Cyprus1,140 records · best Apr, Mar
Poland1,100 records · best May, Apr
Ukraine1,069 records · best May, Apr
Kuwait733 records · best Mar, Apr
Georgia650 records · best Sep, Apr
Italy638 records · best Apr, Mar
Estonia612 records · best Jun, May
Hungary503 records · best May, Apr
Bulgaria360 records · best Sep, Apr
Romania329 records · best Aug, May
Czechia281 records · best Apr, May
Austria270 records · best May, Apr
Switzerland266 records · best Apr, Sep
Slovakia229 records · best May, Apr
Finland217 records · best Jun, May
Croatia196 records · best Aug, Sep
Slovenia164 records · best Aug, Sep
Oman134 records · best Nov, Oct
Belarus131 records · best May, Aug
Serbia97 records · best Sep, Aug
Jordan83 records · best Apr, Mar
Lithuania71 records · best May, Jun
Latvia68 records · best Jun, May
Lebanon64 records · best Apr, Mar
Egypt61 records · best Oct, Mar
Malta22 records · best Apr, Mar
Armenia22 records · best May, Apr
Iraq20 records · best Apr, Aug
Moldova17 records · best Aug, Apr
Bosnia and Herzegovina14 records · best Sep, Aug
Montenegro13 records · best May, Mar
Qatar11 records · best Mar, Feb
North Macedonia10 records · best Mar, Apr
Tunisia10 records · best Mar, Feb
Palestine9 records · best Apr, Aug
Syria9 records · best Apr, Jan
Yemen7 records · best Oct, Mar
Luxembourg5 records · best Oct, May
Kosovo5 records · best Apr, Jan
Libya3 records · best Apr, Mar
Djibouti1 records · best Oct, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
All birdsMore of the Rallidae family
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