The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family.

Bird Species #43 - Corncrake The sound of the Corncrake was once familiar across most of rural Britain, but agricultural intensification has driven the remaining population north and west, with the majority of breeding birds restricted to the islands of the Outer and Inner Hebrides. The scientific name of this species is Crex crex. This name is onomatopoeic and these wonderful birds can be heard saying their name relentlessly through the spring and summer. Indeed, it is often the sound alone, co

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Corn crake singing in the middle of tall grass on a springtime meadow in rural Estonia, Northern Europe

Closeup of Corn crake singing in the middle of tall grass and leaving on a springtime meadow in rural Estonia, Northern Europe