Corn Crake Crex crex Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (52)
- Monotypic
Barry Taylor and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Text last updated April 20, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kwartelkoning |
| Albanian | Mbreti i shkurtës |
| Arabic | سلوى |
| Armenian | Մարգահավ |
| Asturian | Guiyu comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Civdimdik |
| Basque | Giloia |
| Bulgarian | Ливаден дърдавец |
| Catalan | guatlla maresa eurasiàtica |
| Chinese (SIM) | 长脚秧鸡 |
| Croatian | kosac |
| Czech | chřástal polní |
| Danish | Engsnarre |
| Dutch | Kwartelkoning |
| English | Corn Crake |
| English (Australia) | Corncrake |
| English (Kenya) | Corncrake |
| English (UK) | Corncrake |
| English (United Arab Emirates) | Corncrake |
| English (United States) | Corn Crake |
| Faroese | Akurskritt |
| Finnish | ruisrääkkä |
| French | Râle des genêts |
| French (France) | Râle des genêts |
| Galician | Rei de paspallás europeo |
| German | Wachtelkönig |
| Greek | Ορτυκομάνα |
| Hebrew | מלכישליו חלודי |
| Hungarian | Haris |
| Icelandic | Engirella |
| Italian | Re di quaglie |
| Japanese | ウズラクイナ |
| Latvian | Grieze |
| Lithuanian | Griežlė |
| Mongolian | Тариан түнжүүр |
| Norwegian | åkerrikse |
| Persian | یلوه حنایی |
| Polish | derkacz |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Codornizão-euroasiático |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | codornizão |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Codornizão |
| Romanian | Cristel de câmp |
| Russian | Коростель |
| Serbian | Prdavac |
| Slovak | chrapkáč poľný |
| Slovenian | Kosec |
| Spanish | Guión de Codornices |
| Spanish (Spain) | Guión de codornices |
| Swedish | kornknarr |
| Turkish | Bıldırcınkılavuzu |
| Ukrainian | Деркач лучний |
| Zulu | umjekejeke waseNyakatho |
Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Rallus Crex
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.153.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality Sweden, ex Fn. Svec.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CREX
- crex
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Corn Crake
