Rails & Coots in Poland
Our list for Poland has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 3 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Poland 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 aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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