#0801 · 🐦 birds

Spotted Crake

🇳🇱 Porseleinhoen ·Porzana porzana

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © aep-prina · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Максим Стефанович · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Nationaal Park De Loonse En Drunense Duinen, NL-NB-TI, NL-NB, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Schiermonnikoog, Nederland:© Pijke Torenvlied · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 2761 Zevenhuizen, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Nesselande, Rotterdam, Nederland:© Rene Voortman · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Boezemweg, Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The spotted crake ( Porzana porzana ) is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. The scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for small rails.

base stats

NL sightings 24iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,030iNaturalist observations
weight 80 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).