Rails & Coots in Netherlands
Our list for Netherlands has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors and 1 winter visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Netherlands 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 porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorRare22–30 cmRegularly May–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