African Crake
Crex egregia
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusCrex
- SpeciesCrex egregia (African Crake)
Closest Relatives at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
Lesser Moorhen
Gallinula angulata
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
African Finfoot
Podica senegalensis
Blue Crane
Anthropoides paradiseus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of African Crake at iSimangaliso Wetland Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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