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Corn Crake | Crex crex
The Corn Crake is a Southern African bird that belongs to the Rallidae bird family group which includes birds such as Flufftails, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, Swamphens, Moorhens, Coots. The description for the Corn Crake (Latin name Crex crex) can be found in the 7th Edition of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. The Crex crex can be quickly identified by its unique Roberts identification number of 211 and the detailed description of this bird is on page 325. You will find a picture of the Corn Crake on page 320. NOTE: The reference for the information following is "Roberts Birds of Southern Africa", 7th Edition*. This edition contained a number of taxonomic changes as well as changes to English names used traditionally and in earlier editions of most bird books in South Africa. The following paragraph notes such changes if any. This bird is known as Corncrake in the Roberts 6th Edition. There have been no changes in the Latin name for the Corn Crake between the Roberts 6th and Roberts 7th Edition The Corn Crake is known in Afrikaans as Kwartelkoning. The Corn Crake has a height of 30 cms and weighs around 150 gms. The head is coloured brown while the bill is coloured brown. The Crex crex has a grey coloured throat, grey legs and a brown, black coloured back. The eyes are brown. Take note of the main distinguishing features such as colour, size and leg length relative to the body size. Colours of body parts can be helpful. Be aware what may appear brown to one person is described in Roberts using some other word ... for example brown, black. See colours used in Roberts. Head is brown Eyes are brown Bill is brown Legs are grey Throat is grey Back is brown, black Feeding Habits ...This bird forages for food on the ground This bird eats insects such as butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants. These invertebrates are usually hawked aerially, killed and then eaten . Breeding, Habitat and Nesting Habits ...Seen in Flocks, Singles or Pairs Normally ... |
