Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) - HBW 3, p. 194

French: Râle à crête German: Wasserhahn Spanish: Gallineta Crestada

Taxonomy: Fulica cinerea Gmelin, 1789, China.
Monotypic.

Distribution: Pakistan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka E to C & E China, Korea and Ryukyu Is, and S through Andamans, Nicobars and SE Asia to Sumatra and Philippines. Winters S to Greater and Lesser Sundas and Sulawesi; now annual visitor to S Japan, mostly during winter.