White-browed Crake

White-browed Crake

Porzana cinerea

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Raja Ampat
18 Verified sightings at Raja Ampat From 2019 to 2026
146 Verified sightings across all 13 parks From 2019 to 2026
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the White-browed Crake

The white-browed crake (Poliolimnas cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct. Wikipedia →

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 Daily sighting probability
1 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
2 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
3 Way Kambas National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
4 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
6 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
8 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
9 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
10 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
11 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
12 Sepilok 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
13 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a White-browed Crake in Raja Ampat?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a White-browed Crake sighting in Raja Ampat, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see White-browed Crake in Raja Ampat?

November has the highest sighting rate for White-browed Crake in Raja Ampat in our monthly data.

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