Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Watercock
The Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) 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 from northern Pakistan eastward in sub-Himalayan region to northeastern China, southeastern Russia, and southern Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan), southward to southeastern Pakistan, southern India, Sri Lanka, western Greater Sundas, and Philippines; northeastern populations winter to south, reaching Sulawesi and central Lesser SundasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallicrex cinerea
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Watercock
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fulica cinerea
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- China, ex Latham.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.702
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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