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

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 74,800,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 165,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 17–19 cm; male 23–45 (35·5) g, female 17–55 (34) g, unsexed 20–52 (33) g;
              Wingspan of intermedia 33–37 cm, of palustris 23–25 cm

    

    Subspecies (6) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Baillon's Crake (Western) Zapornia pusilla intermedia

• Zapornia pusilla intermedia (Hermann, 1804, Strassburg, Germany)
  – Europe E to Asia Minor, and S locally in Morocco, Egypt, Senegambia (1) 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.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Baillon's Crake (Eastern) Zapornia pusilla pusilla

• Zapornia pusilla pusilla (Pallas, 1776, Dauria)
  – E Europe (R Dnister) E through C and 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.

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Baillon's Crake (Australasian) Zapornia pusilla [palustris Group]

• Zapornia pusilla mira (Riley, 1938, Tanggaron, Mahakkam River, East Borneo)
  – Borneo.
• Zapornia pusilla mayri (Junge, 1952, Paniai, New Guinea)
  – W New Guinea (Wissel Lakes).
• Zapornia pusilla palustris (Gould, 1843, Tasmania)
  – E New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania.
• Zapornia pusilla affinis (G. R. Gray, 1845, Wanganui River, North Island, New Zealand)
  – New Zealand and Chatham Is. An old breeding record from New Caledonia (Grande Terre) probably this race.
  
  

Distribution Map

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