English: Baillon’s Crake, Marsh Crake, Tiny Crake
Russian: Погоныш-крошка
German: Zwergsumpfhuhn
French: Marouette  de Baillon
Mongolian: Оодон түнжгэр, Оодон түнжүүр
Japanese: ヒメクイナ(Hime-kuina)

Body length: 16-18 cm.

Habitat: Breeds in sodden sedge bogs where water no more than knee-deep, sometimes with a few reeds. Rare in S Europe, more numerous in E; a rare vagrant in Britain.

Identification: Small. Like Little Crake; told by short primary projection (primary tips reaching only a little bit outside tertials), rather short tail, no red on bill-base, some white loops and squiggles on reddish-brown upperparts, and also, below, more distinct and more extensive dark and white barring on rear body. Sexes similar (♂ cleaner and darker blue-grey); immature dirty brown below, with no blue-grey.