Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

GRUIFORMES

Rallidae

Rallus aquaticus
Swamps, bogs, fens.
From Iceland, British Isles and s Scandinavia e locally across c Russia
and s Siberia to Sea of Okhotsk, Amurland, Sakhalin and s Kuril Is., s
to n Africa from Morocco to ne Egypt, Mediterranean region, Turkey, sw,n Iran, probably Iraq, cn Arabia, probably w Afghanistan, n India in Kashmir, n China, Manchuria, Korea and Japan on Hokkaido and probably on n Honshu.
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Porzana porzana
Riparian rushes, bogs, shallow swamps.
From British Isles and s Scandinavia e across c Russia to sw Sibera at Tuva, and extreme w China in w Sinkiang, s to n Mediterranean region, Balkans, probably n Greece, Transcaucasus, e Kazakhstan, possibly e Transcaspia and w,n Iran. Winters from Mediterranean region s to s Africa and e to India, Burma and Thailand.
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Porzana carolina
Marsh.
From se Alaska on the Stikine River, nw British Columbia, s Yukon, wc,sw Mackenzie, n Saskatchewan, n Manitoba, n Ontario, wc,s Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward I., Nova Scotia and sw Newfoundland s locally to n Baja Calif., c Nevada, c Arizona, s New Mexico, e Colorado, c Oklahoma, s Missouri, c Illinois, sw Tennessee, c Indiana, c Ohio, W. Virginia and Maryland.
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Rallus aquaticus

Water Rail

Locally common

has bred: Faeroes, Cyprus,

Lebanon, Lybia

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Porzana porzana

Spotted Crake

Uncommon

Porzana carolina

Sora

Vagrant

ne Europe

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Porzana parva
Marshes, riparian reedbeds, lily-pads.
From continental Europe s to s Spain, s France, n Italy, Balkans and Greece, e across c,s Russia to Kazakhstan, s to Transcaucasus, se Transcaspia and Tadzhikistan. Formerly in Algeria and Egypt.
Winters from the Mediterranean region and n Africa e to n India.
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Porzana pusilla
Marshes, shallow swamps, riparian thickets.
From continental Europe n to n France, Netherlands, s Germany and s Czechoslovakia, Morocco and possibly n Algeria, and Sardinia e across Balkans, c,s Russia and s Siberia to L. Baikal, Transbaicalia, s Amurland and Ussuriland, s to Jordan, Transcaucasus, cs Iran, e Kazakhstan, n Kirghiz steppes, Mongolia, n China, n India in Kashmir, and Japan on Hokkaido and Honshu. Africa in cw Angola, Zambia, e Zaire, w Uganda, c Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda, w Kenya, Tanzania, s (exc. arid sw) in Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, ne Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to s S. Africa; Madagascar. W Indonesia on Belitung off Sumatra and e Borneo (single specimen) and Sulawesi. Lowlands to 2450 m in c New Guinea in Port Moresby area, c highlands, and Wissel L. area in Weyland Mts. Australia, locally, breeding certain only in se and extreme sw, but including Tasmania. New Zealand, incl. Stewart I. and Chatham Is.
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Aenigomatolimnas marginalis
Swamps, rice fields, wet grassy areas in savanna.
Locally in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, n Zaire, Uganda, sc Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, s to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and e S. Africa in Natal and e Cape Province.
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Gabon. marginalis (L) = marginal, of the edges, referring to the pale-edged feathers.
Aenigmatolimnas errato
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