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Bookmark or Share- Corn crake - WikipediaIt 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.
- Crake | Wetland, Flightless & Omnivore | Britannicacrake, any of numerous marsh birds of the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes), generally any small rail in which the bill is short and conical. The name is chiefly European but can be extended to New World rails of this type.
- Crake Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of CRAKE is any of various rails; especially : a short-billed rail (such as the corncrake).
- Rail (bird) - WikipediaRails (avian family Rallidae) are a large, cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized terrestrial and/or semi-amphibious birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity in its forms, and includes such ubiquitous species as the crakes, coots, and gallinule; other rail species are extremely rare or endangered.
- Crake - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting FactsCrakes are birds in the rail, or Rallidae, family. They are relatively small, and spend most of their time walking on the ground instead of flying. Many different species of these birds live in semi-aquatic habitats like marshes and wetlands.
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