RallidaeCrexVagrant

Corncrake

Crex crex

27–30 cmMedium
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. A stocky crake with stout pinkish bill and legs. Has rufous chestnut on wings (especially prominent in flight), buff-brown upperparts boldly streaked with dark brown, greyish fore-neck and breast, and rufous - brown and white barring on flanks. Juvenile has buffish rather than grey neck, neck and breast. Grassland and crops.

Colour

BrownRufous / Red-brownBuff / TanGrey
Average size
28.5 cm
Habitat
Grassland and crops.
Behaviour
Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

About this bird

Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. A stocky crake with stout pinkish bill and legs. Has rufous chestnut on wings (especially prominent in flight), buff-brown upperparts boldly streaked with dark brown, greyish fore-neck and breast, and rufous - brown and white barring on flanks. Juvenile has buffish rather than grey neck, neck and breast. Grassland and crops.

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Corncrake is bigger than Apanese Sparrowhawk but smaller than Andaman Green Pigeon.