Baillon's Crake

Order - Gruiformes
Family - Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Baillon's Crake

Zapornia pusilla

小田鸡 (xiǎo tián-jī) / 小秧鸡 (xiǎo yāng-jī)

    Malay : Sintar-Kecil Biru Biasa

    Japanese : ヒメクイナ (hime kuina)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 姫水鶏 / 姫秧鶏

    Size : 17-19 cm; Male 23–45 (35·5) g;

             Female 17–55 (34) g; Unsexed 20–52 (33) g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Zapornia pusilla intermedia (Hermann, 1804)
  – Western Baillon’s Crake – Europe E to Asia Minor, and S locally in Morocco, Egypt, Senegambia and Ethiopia, then from E DRCongo to C Kenya and S to Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and also Madagascar; European birds winter in Africa.
• Zapornia pusilla pusilla (Pallas, 1776) – Eastern Baillon’s Crake
  – E Europe (R Dnister) E through C & E Asia to Amurland, N China and Japan, S to Iran and N India and irregularly in Sumatra and N Sulawesi; winters in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, and from S China to Indonesia and Philippines.
• Zapornia pusilla mira (Riley, 1938) – Bornean Baillon’s Crake
  – Borneo.
• Zapornia pusilla mayri (Junge, 1952)
  – W New Guinea (Wissel Lakes).
• Zapornia pusilla palustris (Gould, 1843) – Australasian Baillon’s Crake
  – E New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania.
• Zapornia pusilla affinis (G. R. Gray, 1845)
  – New Zealand and Chatham Is. An old breeding record from New Caledonia (Grande Terre) probably this race.

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 01 March 2020
Location : Kampung Chui Chak Paddyfield, Langkap, Daerah Hilir Perak, Perak

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla

Date : 06 December 2015

Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Zapornia pusilla ssp. pusilla
Date : 06 December 2015
Location : Perdana Lake Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur