Rails & Coots in China
Our list for China 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 China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly 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