Corn Crake
Crex crex(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Corn Crake
The Corn Crake (Crex crex) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: breeds British Isles eastward to northwestern China and central Siberia, and southward from central Europe, the Caucasus, Kyrgyzstan, northwestern Xinjiang (northwestern China), and northern Mongolia; winters mainly from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Tanzania southward to eastern South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Crex crex
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Corn Crake
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus Crex
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Europe, restricted type locality Sweden, ex Fn. Svec.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.153
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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