Watercock

Gallicrex cinerea - Râle à crête

Systematics

Order
:
Gruiformes
Family
:
Rallidés
Genus
:
Gallicrex
Species
:
cinerea

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 36 à 43 cm
Wingspan
: 68 à 86 cm.
Weight
: 300 à 650 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Râle à crête,
Gallineta crestada,
galo-de-água,
Schildralle,
vízikakas,
Waterhaan,
Gallorallo acquaiolo,
tupprall,
Hanerikse,
kohútec rohatý,
chřástal rohatý,
Skjoldhøne,
kukkorääkkä,
polla crestada,
kokosznik,
ūdensgailītis,
Рогатая камышница,
Mandar bontod,
ツルクイナ,
董鸡,
นกอีลุ้ม,
董雞,

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land, Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches