Rails & Coots in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly May
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