Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) feeding whilst standing on reed. Oman, March.

Rob Drummond/ BIA / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) foraging, Victoria, Australia

David Tipling / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) looking for food by people's feet, Sunderland, UK May 1989

David Tipling / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) Sunderland, UK May 1989

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) among reeds, Oman, February

David Tipling / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) vagrant species, Stodmarsh, Kent, UK.

David Tipling / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) Greece, May.

Brent Stephenson / Adult Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla affinis) creeping out through shallow water from the edge of the vegetation. Lake Benmore, Otago, New Zealand, December.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) feeding, Oman, January

Ingo Waschkies / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla), Paphos, Cyprus

Martin Willis / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) foraging in wetland, Pentland, Queensland, Australia

Martin Willis / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) foraging, Pentland in wetland, Queensland, Australia

Nigel Bean / Baillon's crake {Porzana pusilla} male beside water, Sunderland, UK, May

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Baillon's crake {Porzana pusilla} Oman

Martin Willis / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) foraging, North Lake, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Martin Willis / Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) among reeds, Pentland, Queensland, Australia

Andy Trowbridge / Marsh crake (Porzana pusilla) foraging for bloodworms, Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.