Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusPorzana (Spotted Crakes and allies)
- SpeciesPorzana pusilla (Baillon's Crake)
Closest Relatives at Keoladeo National Park
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Porzana fusca
White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
Brown Bush-hen
Amaurornis akool
Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
Sarus Crane
Grus antigone
Demoiselle Crane
Anthropoides virgo
Common Crane
Grus grus
📅 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 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 11 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 13 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 15 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 16 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 17 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 18 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 20 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 21 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 22 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Baillon's Crake in Keoladeo National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Baillon's Crake sighting in Keoladeo National Park, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Baillon's Crake in Keoladeo National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Baillon's Crake in Keoladeo National Park in our monthly data.