Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) is a small, secretive rail that inhabits dense wetland vegetation such as reedbeds, marshes, and flooded grasslands. It has a compact body with olive-brown upper parts marked by numerous small white spots, bluish-grey underparts, and a short greenish bill with a reddish base. The species is rarely seen in the open, spending most of its time concealed among thick vegetation where it moves quietly and quickly through the reeds. In the United Arab Emirates it is considered a scarce passage migrant, occasionally appearing in suitable wetlands during migration. Its diet consists mainly of aquatic insects, small crustaceans, worms, and other tiny invertebrates that it picks from mud or shallow water.