#0913 · 🐦 birds
Baillon's Crake
🇳🇱 Kleinst Waterhoen ·Zapornia pusilla
📍 Great Saltee Island 
📍 Большой Исток, Свердловская обл., Россия
📍 Кстовский р-н, Нижегородская обл., Россия
📍 Selwyn, NZ-CA, NZ
📍 Слюдянский р-н, Иркутская обл., Россия
📍 Canterbury, NZ
📍 Pukaki 7999, New Zealand
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © avi_chat · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Anna Lanigan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. Great Saltee Island :© Stephen M. · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Большой Исток, Свердловская обл., Россия:© Игорь Васильевич Фадеев · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Кстовский р-н, Нижегородская обл., Россия:© Вячеслав Юсупов · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Selwyn, NZ-CA, NZ:© William Harland · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Слюдянский р-н, Иркутская обл., Россия:© Griha Hasanov · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Canterbury, NZ:© Ben Ackerley · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Pukaki 7999, New Zealand:© Aalbert Rebergen · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Baillon's crake ( Zapornia pusilla ), also known as the marsh crake , is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,892 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 35 g.
- Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776 (250 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Baillon's Crake
- Nederlands
- Kleinst Waterhoen
- scientific name
- Zapornia pusilla
- class
- Aves
- order
- Gruiformes
- family
- Rallidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 101
- sightings worldwide
- 1,892
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 35 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1776 by Peter Simon Pallas
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Rallidae
#0533 📷 10Common Coot
🇳🇱 Meerkoet
Fulica atra
LC 👀 8.5k in NL
#0549 📷 8Eurasian Moorhen
🇳🇱 Waterhoen
Gallinula chloropus
LC 👀 3.5k in NL
#0715 📷 7Water Rail
🇳🇱 Waterral
Rallus aquaticus
LC 👀 130 in NL
#0793 📷 8Western Swamphen
🇳🇱 Purperkoet
Porphyrio porphyrio
LC 👀 27 in NL
#0801 📷 10Spotted Crake
🇳🇱 Porseleinhoen
Porzana porzana
LC 👀 24 in NL
#0868 📷 10Little Crake
🇳🇱 Klein Waterhoen
Zapornia parva
LC 👀 9 in NL
#0906 📷 9Corn Crake
🇳🇱 Kwartelkoning
Crex crex
LC 👀 5 in NL
#1030 📷 10American Coot
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Meerkoet
Fulica americana
LC 🌍 158.9k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 508920, Wikidata Q237670, GBIF 9299354, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.