White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
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White-browed Crake

Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot, 1819)

≈19 cmLength52 gWeight

Most records: Australia, Philippines, Thailand

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

White-browed Crake has been recorded at 256 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 17 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Tyto WetlandsAustralia936 records
  2. Candaba MarshPhilippines516 records
  3. Lat Krabang – Thap Yao paddies & aquaculture pondsThailand489 records
More places
  1. Fogg Dam Conservation ReserveAustralia472 records
  2. Townsville Town Common Conservation ParkAustralia433 records
  3. Cattana WetlandsAustralia416 records
  4. Khon Kaen University – WTPThailand409 records
  5. Hun Sen BoulevardCambodia260 records
  6. Ang Trapeang ThmorCambodia213 records
  7. Las Pinas-Paranaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism AreaPhilippines211 records

Countries and regions with the most records

AustraliaPhilippinesThailandCambodiaSingaporeMalaysiaIndonesiaLaos

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

Questions

How big is the White-browed Crake?

The White-browed Crake is about ≈19 cm long and weighs around 52 g.

Where does the White-browed Crake live?

Its breeding range: Oriental, Australasia: northeastern India, southern Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Indonesian Archipelago and Philippines, New Guinea and some satellites, northern Australia to west-central Polynesia. It is most often recorded in Australia, Philippines and Thailand.

What does the White-browed Crake eat?

Main food: Fish, shrimp & shellfish.

What family is the White-browed Crake in?

It belongs to the family Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae), order Gruiformes.

At a glance

Length
≈19 cm
Weight
52 g
Habitat
Wetland
Diet
Fish, shrimp & shellfish
Lifestyle
Active on the ground
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
More measurements
Wing
94 mm
Tail
49 mm
Bill
25 mm
Tarsus
32 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

Oriental, Australasia: northeastern India, southern Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Indonesian Archipelago and Philippines, New Guinea and some satellites, northern Australia to west-central Polynesia

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Rails, Crakes & Coots Rallidae
Genus
Poliolimnas

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White-browed Crake

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