Rails & Coots in Estonia
Our list for Estonia has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Estonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Jun–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