Corn crake: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the corn crake lives – recorded in 25 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Crex crex
Group	Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	25 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	13.2 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Gruiformes
Family	Rallidae

Where does the corn crake live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the corn crake in 25 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a corn crake?

Wikidata records the following for the corn crake: mass 13.2 g (birth weight).

Is the corn crake endangered?

The corn crake’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the corn crake?

The corn crake (Crex crex) is a bird in the order Gruiformes and the family Rallidae, genus Crex. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the corn crake

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 the legs and feet are pale grey. Juveniles are similar in plumage to adults, and downy chicks are black, as with all rails. There are no subspecies, although individuals from the east of the breeding range tend to be slightly paler than their western counterparts. The male's call is a loud krek krek, from which the scientific name is derived. The corn crake is larger than its closest relative, the African crake, which shares its wintering range; that species is also darker-plumaged, and has a plainer face.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Corn crake (revision 1368370572), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26017 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).