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 making display calls Locality Kemeri National Park, Jurmala, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Andis Liepa 31 May 1999 7 years ago 18 sec 4 -
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 2 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird hiding in the vegetation Locality South Uist, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 31 May 2007 4 years ago 21 sec 3.8 -
A bird crossing open grassland between beds of flag iris Locality Isle of Iona, Scotland, Great Britain
Keith Blomerley 27 May 2009 2 years ago 14 sec 3.7 -
An adult running in the grass Locality Kemeri National Park, Jurmala, Latvia (Monotypic species)
Andis Liepa 31 May 1999 7 years ago 12 sec 3.6 -
An adult making display-calls Locality Spa, Liège Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Jean Hupperetz 19 June 2003 8 years ago 34 sec 3.6
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A hidden king of meadows.
Locality Suwałki Region, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 25 May 2005 2 years ago 4.6 -
standing
Locality Kibbutz Lotan, Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 16 April 2007 29 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult male
Locality France (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 26 April 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Adult male, ringed in spring
Locality Verbania, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont Region, Italy (Monotypic species)
marcobandini 17 May 2007 12 weeks ago 3.6 -
Adult male
Locality France (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 26 April 2006 2 years ago 3.3 -
A close-up.
Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 1 year ago 3.3
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Song of a male Locality Scotland, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 13 June 2003 2 years ago 4
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