Corn crake, corncrake
Crex crex
Family Rallidae. Order Gruiformes.
Photo: Richard Wesley / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Description
The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family.
Traits
- Residency
- migratory
- Diet
- insects, seeds
- Game species
- yes — marsh game
♪ Bird call
Recording: Robert Petersen
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Photographs
Baldamus, A. C. Eduard; Blasius, J. H.; Naumann, Johann Andreas; Nauma / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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