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Recordings
Scientific Name
Porzana pusilla
Arabic Name
المرعة الصغيرة
Kuwaiti name
دجاجة عدي
Family
Width
37.0 cm
Length
19.0 cm
Similar species
Information
Scarce passage migrant. Like its relative the Little Crake, it usually maintains a very secretive existence. When water levels are low, sometimes these toy-like birds may come out of the reeds to forage, often being extremely tame.
Where in Kuwait
A ground dwelling water-bird, found predominantly in reed habitat around brackish pools in the Jahra area. A versatile omnivore it forages alone or in small flocks of up to ten birds on mud and in shallow water for a variety of insects, worms, small fish, plant material and seeds.
In the world
This species has a huge range across much of southern and eastern Europe, north, east and southern Africa, Asia and Australasia. Populations in southern Africa and Australasia are mostly sedentary all year round, but elsewhere populations are largely migratory and breed at northern latitudes during the summer before travelling southwards ahead of the onset of winter.
Local threats
Wetland degradation and habitat loss