Rails & Coots in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr
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