Rails & Coots in Russia
Our list for Russia has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 4 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CorncrakeCrex crexSummer visitorCommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusSummer visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–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