The African crake (Crecopsis egregia) is a small- to medium-size ground-living bird in the rail family, found in most of central to southern Africa. It...
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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...
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The spotted crake (Porzana porzana) is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. The scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for small rails. The...
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Rail (bird) (redirect from Crake)
considerable diversity in its forms, and includes such ubiquitous species as the crakes, coots, and gallinule; other rail species are extremely rare or endangered...
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Oryx and Crake is a 2003 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. She has described the novel as speculative fiction and adventure romance, rather than...
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The little crake (Zapornia parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae. parva is Latin for "small". This species was long included in the...
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Baillon's crake (Zapornia pusilla), also known as the marsh crake, is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in...
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African crake African crimson-winged finch African cuckoo African cuckoo-hawk African darter African desert warbler African dusky flycatcher African dwarf...
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The black crake (Zapornia flavirostra) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae. It breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa except in very arid...
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List of birds of Uganda (category Lists of birds of Sub-Saharan Africa)
fliers. African rail, Rallus caerulescens Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia Gray-throated rail, Canirallus oculeus Spotted crake, Porzana...
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(E-Rodrigues) extinct Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia (E) Rouget's rail, Rougetius rougetii (E) St. Helena crake, Atlantisia podarces (E-St...
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The Saint Helena crake (Zapornia astrictocarpus) is an extinct bird species from the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, one of two flightless...
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sub-Saharan Africa. Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots...
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List of birds of Botswana (category Birds of Southern Africa)
to be weak fliers. African rail, Rallus caerulescens (B) Corn crake, Crex crex (A) African crake, Crex egregia (B) Spotted crake, Porzana porzana (B)...
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List of birds of Kenya (category Lists of birds of Sub-Saharan Africa)
wings and to be weak fliers. African rail, Rallus caerulescens Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia Spotted crake, Porzana porzana Lesser moorhen...
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List of birds of Nigeria (category Lists of birds of Sub-Saharan Africa)
to be weak fliers. Corn crake, Crex crex (A) African crake, Crex egregia Gray-throated rail, Canirallus oculeus Spotted crake, Porzana porzana Lesser...
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UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692729A111821536.en. Retrieved 25 May 2022. Image at ADW Striped crake - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. v t e...
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to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers. African crake, Crecopsis egregia (A) African swamphen, Porphyrio madagascariensis (A-Canary Islands)...
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Southern Africa. African crake, Crecopsis egregia Corn crake, Crex crex Black crake, Amaurornis flavirostris Baillon's crake, Porzana pusilla Spotted crake, Porzana...
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List of birds of Tanzania (category Lists of birds of Sub-Saharan Africa)
wings and to be weak fliers. African rail, Rallus caerulescens Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia Spotted crake, Porzana porzana Lesser moorhen...
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Coturnicops - barred-backed crake ?Genus Creciscus - blackish crake Genus Crecopsis – African crake Genus Crex - corn crake Genus Cyanolimnas – Zapata...
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List of birds of the Canary Islands (category Lists of birds of Africa)
Rallus aquaticus (A) Corn crake, Crex crex (A) African crake, Crex egregia (A) Sora, Porzana carolina (A) Spotted crake, Porzana porzana Lesser moorhen...
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List of birds of Morocco (category Birds of North Africa)
which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Water rail, Rallus aquaticus Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia (A) Sora, Porzana...
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The avian family Rallidae comprise the rails, crakes, and coots. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 152 species distributed...
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nativehen Brown crake Black-tailed crake Black crake Ruddy-breasted crake Little crake Baillon's crake Spotless crake Limpkin Sungrebe African finfoot Ochre-winged...
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List of birds of Zimbabwe (category Lists of birds of Southern Africa)
wings and to be weak fliers. African rail, Rallus caerulescens Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia Spotted crake, Porzana porzana Lesser moorhen...
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List of birds of Spain (category Lists of birds of Africa)
crake (guión de codornices), Crex crex (A) African crake (guión africano), Crex egregia (A) Sora (polluela sora), Porzana carolina (A) Spotted crake (polluela...
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List of birds of Zambia (category Birds of East Africa)
wings and to be weak fliers. African rail, Rallus caerulescens Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia Spotted crake, Porzana porzana Lesser moorhen...
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The Ascension crake (Mundia elpenor) is an extinct flightless bird that previously lived on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Like many other...
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List of birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (category Lists of birds of Sub-Saharan Africa)
fliers. African rail, Rallus caerulescens Corn crake, Crex crex African crake, Crex egregia Gray-throated rail, Canirallus oculeus Spotted crake, Porzana...
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