#0906 · 🐦 birds

Corn Crake

🇳🇱 Kwartelkoning ·Crex crex

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

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. The strong bill is flesh-toned, the iris is pale brown, and...

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,577iNaturalist observations
weight 13.2 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).