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| image =Baillon's crake.jpg
| status = LC
| status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693720/93419069
|publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|title=Baillon's Crake: ''Zapornia pusilla''
|author1=BirdLife International
|accessdate=September 15, 2021
|volume= 2019
|page=e.T22692667A154256374
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22692667A154256374.en}}</ref>
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Porzana pusilla
| authority =(Pallas, 1776)
| range_map =
|synonyms=*''Zapornia pusilla''
| synonyms_ref=<ref name=IUCN />
}}

'''Baillon's crake''' (''Porzana pusilla'') is a bird in the family [[Gruiformes]]. It lives in many parts of Asia, Europe, Africa, and Oceania.<ref name=GOV>{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/marsh-crake-koitareke/|accessdate=September 15, 2021|publisher=New Zealand Department of Conservation|title=Marsh crake/koitareke}}</ref><ref name=NZB>{{cite web|url=https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/marsh-crake|publisher=New Zealand Birds Online|accessdate=September 15, 2021|title=Marsh crake: ''Porzana pusilla'' (Pallas, 1776)}}</ref><ref name=BLA>{{cite web|accessdate=September 16, 2021|publisher=Birdlife Australia|title=Baillon's Crake: ''Porzana pusilla''|url=https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/baillons-crake|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916063307/https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/baillons-crake|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Subspecies==

There are at least five [[subspecies]] of Baillon's crake: the marsh crake ''[[Porzana pusilla affinis]]'' lives in New Zealand, ''[[Porzana pusilla palustris]]'' lives in [[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]], ''[[Porzana pusilla mira]]'' lives in [[Borneo]], ''[[Porzana pusilla intermedia]]'' lives in Africa and ''[[Porzana pusilla pusilla]]'' lives in Asia and other places.<ref name=NZB />

==Appearance==

Baillon's crake has medium-brown feathers on the top of its body with black marks and white spots. The feathers on the front and underside of its body are light gray. Its bill and legs are yellow-green. Its eyes are red.<ref name=BLA />

==Habitat and food==
Baillon's crakes live in wetlands, for example swamps. They sometimes run across the top of the water on floating plants.<ref name=BLA />

Baillon's crakes eat [[invertebrates|animals without bones]], for example insects, crustaceans, and snails. They catch them in the mud at the edges of wetlands and from floating plants.<ref name=BLA />

==Breeding==
Baillon's crake makes a simple nest out of dry plants. It hides the nest in little raised bits of ground near the edge of the swamp. Both the male and female crake sit on the eggs and watch the chicks.<ref name=BLA />

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