Sooty Rail
Porzana tabuensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusPorzana (Spotted Crakes and allies)
- SpeciesPorzana tabuensis (Sooty Rail)
Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park
Australian Crake
Porzana fluminea
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
South-west Pacific Swamphen
Porphyrio melanotus
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
Dusky Moorhen
Gallinula tenebrosa
Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis
Lewin's Rail
Lewinia pectoralis
Black-tailed Nativehen
Gallinula ventralis
Brolga
Grus rubicunda
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorentz National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Flinders Ranges National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sooty Rail in Great Otway National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Sooty Rail sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 30 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sooty Rail in Great Otway National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Sooty Rail in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.