Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
French: Râle des genêts German: Wachtelkönig Spanish: Guión de Codornices
Taxonomy:
Rallus Crex Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Great variation in colour within all populations renders impractical recognition of race similis of Kazakhstan. Monotypic.
Distribution: W & NW Europe (from British Is) E to NW China and C Siberia. Winters mainly from E Zaire and S Tanzania S to E South Africa.
- Near Threatened
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An adult making display calls Kemeri National Park, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Andis Liepa 31 May 1999 5 years ago 18 sec 4 -
A bird calling from the open, then running into the cover of flag iris Isle of Iona, Scotland, UK
Keith Blomerley 27 May 2009 34 weeks ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird crossing open grassland between beds of flag iris Isle of Iona, Scotland, UK
Keith Blomerley 27 May 2009 34 weeks ago 14 sec 3.7 -
A bird hiding in the vegetation South Uist, Scotland, UK (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 31 May 2007 2 years ago 21 sec 3.6 -
An adult running in the grass Kemeri National Park, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Andis Liepa 31 May 1999 5 years ago 12 sec 3.6 -
An adult making display-calls Spa, Liège Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 19 June 2003 6 years ago 34 sec 3.6
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A hidden king of meadows. Suwałki Region, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 25 May 2005 8 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult male France
Alain Fossé 26 April 2006 40 weeks ago 4 -
Adult male France
Alain Fossé 26 April 2006 40 weeks ago 3.3 -
An adult in the field Ardenne, Belgium
Franck Renard 16 June 2004 1 year ago 2.8
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Song of a male Scotland, UK
Stuart Fisher 13 June 2003 45 weeks ago 4
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