Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusLaterallus (Laterallus Crakes)
- SpeciesLaterallus exilis (Gray-breasted Crake)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
White-throated Crake
Laterallus albigularis
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
American Coot
Fulica americana
Hapalocrex flaviventer
Porzana flaviventer
Sora
Porzana carolina
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Sungrebe
Heliornis fulica
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Gray-breasted Crake in Soberanía National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Gray-breasted Crake sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Gray-breasted Crake in Soberanía National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Gray-breasted Crake in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.