Rails & Coots in Norway
Our list for Norway has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly May–Jun
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
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