Baillons crake call question - France (1 Viewer)

rosbifs said:

A 'local' had a funny call yesterday at a local lake so called in the troups. I went this morning but whilst didn't see anything heard a call.

Its fair to say it did sound like a Baillons Crake from Xeno-Canto comparisons.

But what I don't know is are there any frogs that make a similar sound to Baillons?

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Richard Prior said:

Hi Rosbifs,

Yes, the Edible Frog has a very similar sounding call to Baillon's Crake, I have limited experience of the latter (one bird calling and watched at Stodmarsh years ago), but greater experience of the frog's noise, which I'd say is louder than the crake's call. I wonder whether Baillon's would still be calling at this time of year too, I'm leaning towards a froggy solution to this one

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