Scientific Name: Zapornia pusilla
Malay Name: Sintar-Kecil Biru Biasa
Chinese Name: 小田鸡
Range: Found from Europe, Africa, India, China, Japan to Indonesia and Australasia. Northern population winters to Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy: Polytypic. Subspecies are: intermedia, pusilla, mira, mayri, palustris, affinis.
Local Subspecies: pusilla
Size: 19-20.5 cm
Identification: Adult has rich brown upperparts with black streaks and black-edged white markings, pale grey head-sides and anterior underparts, black-and-white bars at posterior underparts and greenish bill and legs. Juvenile resembles adult but lack the pale grey plumage at head-sides and anterior underparts.
Habitat: Marshes and grasslands with dense emergents, floating vegetation and shallow water.
Behaviour/Ecology: Skulking, rarely seen away from reedbeds.
Local Status: Rare migrant
Conservation Status: Least Concern (BirdLife International 2019)
Location: Punggol Barat, Kranji Marsh, Lorong Halus.
- Bird List Revision for August 2020 (Revisions)
Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page
Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link
Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link
eBird Species page: eBird (Baillon's Crake)
References:
BirdLife International. (2019). Zapornia pusilla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22692667A154256374.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023
Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.
Taylor, B. (1998). Rails: A Guide to Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. Yale University Press.
RECOMMENDED CITATION
Singapore Birds Project. (n.d.). Baillon's Crake. Retrieved on June 2, 2023 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/baillons-crake.