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title: "Zielonka"
description: "Zapornia parva — Ptaki. The little crake (Zapornia parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/little-crake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zielonka

> Zapornia parva — Ptaki. The little crake (Zapornia parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Zapornia parva*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 1201
- Wikidata: [Q270680](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270680)
- iNaturalist taxon: [508919](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/508919)

## Names

- en: Little Crake
- de: Kleines Sumpfhuhn
- es: Polluela Bastarda
- fr: Marouette poussin
- it: Schiribilla
- nl: Klein waterhoen
- pt: Franga-d'água-bastarda
- pl: Zielonka

## Countries with the most observations

RU (252), IT (154), UA (88), FR (87), GR (63), AT (51), IL (38), DE (33), RO (32), ES (28), TR (27), CH (23)

## Summary

The little crake (Zapornia parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.  parva is Latin for "small". This species was long included in the genus Porzana.
Its breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. This species is migratory, wintering in Africa.
At 17–19 cm (6.7–7.5 in) in length, they are slightly smaller than the spotted crake, from which they are readily distinguished by the lack of dark barring and white spots on the flanks. The little crake has a short straight bill, yellow with a red base. They have green legs with long toes, and a short tail which…

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

## Photo

![Zielonka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-crake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Istvan Sipos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317219730

## Machine access

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