Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Corncrake (Crex crex) - HBW 3, p. 174
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.
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An adult running in the grass Locality Kemeri National Park, Jurmala, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Andis Liepa 31 May 1999 8 years ago 12 sec 4.3 -
A bird calling from the open, then running into the cover of flag iris Locality Isle of Iona, Scotland, Great Britain
Keith Blomerley 27 May 2009 3 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
An adult making display calls on the road Locality Kemeri National Park, Jurmala, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Andis Liepa 31 May 1999 8 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
A bird hiding in the vegetation Locality South Uist, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 31 May 2007 5 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
An adult making display-calls Locality Spa, Liège Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 19 June 2003 9 years ago 34 sec 4.1 -
A bird crossing open grassland between beds of flag iris Locality Isle of Iona, Scotland, Great Britain
Keith Blomerley 27 May 2009 3 years ago 14 sec 4
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Preparing for lift-off. The bird has a tendency to hide in the grass, because of this it is very rare to see this creature in th
Locality Taurage, Taurage County, Lithuania
Eugenijus Kavaliauskas 50 weeks ago 4.8 -
A hidden king of meadows.
Locality Suwałki Region, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 25 May 2005 3 years ago 4.5 -
standing
Locality Kibbutz Lotan, Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 16 April 2007 1 year ago 4.3 -
calling for days in a little garden
Locality Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Great Britain
gerfer 18 May 2012 43 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult male
Locality France (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 26 April 2006 4 years ago 4.2 -
Adult male, ringed in spring
Locality Verbania, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont Region, Italy (Monotypic species)
marcobandini 17 May 2007 1 year ago 3.8
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Song of a male Locality Scotland, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 13 June 2003 4 years ago 4 -
A bird perched on a rock fense outside the Abbey Locality Isle of Iona, Scotland, Great Britain
Santiago Imberti 12 June 2012 42 weeks ago 0
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