Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Crex crex
Grassland, riparian thickets.
From Faroe Is., British Isles, coastal w Norway and s Sweden e across c Russia to w Siberia to w Yakutia and
L. Baikal region, s to Pyrenees Mts. in s France, n Italy, Balkans, n Greece, n Iran, Transcaucasus, Kazakhstan, Altai and w China in w Sinkiang.
Winters from the Mediterranean region to S. Africa and Madagascar.
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Amaurornis flavirostra
Rush-bordered lily-ponds, lily-mantled streams.
S Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, s Niger, s Chad, c,s Sudan, Ethiopia and s Somalia s to s S. Africa. Recorded in every subSaharan mainland African country except Eritrea.
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Gallinella dal becco giallo
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Gallinula chloropus
Marshes, swampy riparian bushes, reedbeds.
From British Isles and s Scandinavia e across c Russia to sw Siberia, n China, se Siberia and Japan, s locally (incl. e Atlantic islands and São Tomé) to s S. Africa (recorded in all subSaharan mainland African countries except Guinea-Bissau, Benin, Sudan, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon); Comoro Is.; Madagascar; Seychelles and Mascarene islands through s Asia to Sri Lanka, Greater Sunda Is., w Lesser Sunda Is., Philippines; Taiwan; Ryukyu Is.; Palau; Mariana Is.; Hawaiian Is.; from c Calif., c Arizona, n New Mexico, w,nc Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, c Minnesota, s Wisconsin, nc Michigan, s Ontario, sw Quebec, Vermont and Massachusetts s through Middle America; Bermuda; W. Indies and most of S. America to 3100 m, incl. Galapagos Is., s to n Chile and n Argentina s to Buenos Aires. St. Helena Island.
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Crex crex

Corn Crake

Uncommon

has bred: Faeroes, Finland

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Amaurornis flavirostra

Black Crake

Vagrant

Madeira

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Gallinula chloropus

Common Moorhen

Common

has bred: Cyprus, Jordan

Porphyrio alleni
Papyrus swamps, lily-mantled streams.
Senegambia, s Mali, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, s Niger, Cameroon, Fernando Po and São Tomé is., Gabon, Congo, Zaire, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad and s Sudan to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania incl. Pemba and Mafia is., s locally to Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, n,e Botswana, Zimbabwe and ne S. Africa in ne Transvaal. Comoro Islands; Madagascar; Mauritius, probably introduced.
Some authors place this species in Porphyrula.
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Porphyrio martinicus
Rush-bordered lily-ponds, Pontederia-choked rivers, marshes. Locally in lowlands of interior e U.S. in w Tennessee and c Ohio; lowlands of both coasts from Nayarit, Gulf coast of U.S., Maryland and Delaware s through se U.S., Middle America, W. Indies (absent from Lesser Antilles n of Guadeloupe) and S. America up to 3000 m s to n Chile and n Argentina, s to Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires. Recorded as a migrant in Namibia and South Africa.
Sometimes placed in Porphyrula.
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Porphyrio porphyrio
Marshes, tussock swamps, lake shores.
The following subspecies are sometimes treated as species or merged, e.g., melanotus and bellus are often included in poliocephalus.
Most are allopatric and could be viewed as allospecies, but many of the insular forms might also qualify as species under such a definition.
Thus, the following arrangement is only one of several that can be defended.
P. p. porphyrio. Sw Iberian Pen., Sardinia, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
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P. p. madagascariensis. Senegambia, s Mali, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, sw Niger, s Ghana, s Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., Lake Chad region, ec Sudan, Ethiopia, n Egypt in the Nile delta, and from Angola, s,e Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to s S. Africa.
testo madagascariensis
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P. p. poliocephalus. Cs Turkey, Syria on L. Antioch; w shore of Caspian Sea; Iraq, Iran and Pakistan in n,s Baluchistan; India s of Himalayas; se China, Hainan I., Sri Lanka and se Asia to Andaman, Nicobar and Greater Sunda islands incl. Nias and Belitung off Sumatra, and Kangean Is. off Java; e through Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Is. e to Timor, Kai Is., w Papuan Is., New Guinea mostly in lowlands to 1700 m and incl. most islands, e to Trobriand Is.; from Palau s to Admiralty Is., Bismarck Arch., and Solomon and Santa Cruz is., Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Niue.
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P. p. pulverulentus. Philippine Is. on Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Bohol, Mindanao, Basilan and Talaud Is. where possibly only a straggler.
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P. p. melanotus. Wc New Guinea at ca. 1500 m in the Weyland Mts.; n,e,se Australia from n W. Australia w to Kimberleys and probably farther west, e and s through e half of Australia to s S. Australia; Tasmania; New Zealand incl. many islands; and Chatham Is.
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P. p. bellus. Sw W. Australia.
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*Porphyrio albus LORD HOWE ISLAND SWAMPHEN.
Last reported ca. 1834.
Formerly on Lord Howe I. and possibly on Norfolk I.
Often included in P. porphyrio as an albinistic population.
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