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Corncrake

Crex crex

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Rallidae

The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the Northern Hemisphere's winter. It is a medium-sized crake with buff- or grey-streaked brownish-black upperparts, chestnut markings on the wings, and blue-grey underparts with rust-coloured and white bars on the flanks and undertail.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 10,129Netherlands · 3,861Germany · 1,001France · 661Italy · 57Belgium · 52Spain · 18Luxembourg · 4Switzerland · 3Brazil · 2