Rails & Coots in Austria
Our list for Austria has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Austria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made