Rails & Coots in Latvia
Our list for Latvia has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Latvia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 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