---
title: "White-browed Crake"
description: "Poliolimnas cinereus — Uccelli. The white-browed crake (Poliolimnas cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-browed-crake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-browed Crake

> Poliolimnas cinereus — Uccelli. The white-browed crake (Poliolimnas cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Poliolimnas cinereus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1009
- Wikidata: [Q117254451](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117254451)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289626](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289626)

## Names

- en: White-browed Crake
- de: Weißbrauensumpfhuhn
- es: Polluela Cejiblanca
- fr: Râle cendré

## Countries with the most observations

TH (214), ID (189), AU (187), PH (111), VN (106), MY (67), CN (21), SG (21), KH (13), TW (12), TL (9), HK (3)

## Summary

The white-browed crake (Poliolimnas cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-browed_crake

## Photo

![White-browed Crake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-browed-crake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141145062

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-browed-crake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).