Rails & Coots in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium 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 Apr–Sep
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jun
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