Bird
Corn Crake
Crex crex · Rallidae · Gruiformes
Best monthsMay–Julmost records
Records280,155in 49 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom93,273 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Corn Crake in brief
The corn crake (Crex crex) is a bird of the Rallidae family — species of bird.
Across the 49 countries we cover it has 280,155 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, Sweden and Estonia. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in May, June and July and fall to their lowest in February and December.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom93,273 records · best Jun, May
Sweden89,429 records · best Jun, May
Estonia16,466 records · best Jun, May
Norway11,304 records · best Jun, May
Russia11,007 records · best May, Jun
Finland10,563 records · best Jun, Jul
Denmark10,460 records · best Jun, Jul
Netherlands8,690 records · best May, Jun
Poland6,197 records · best May, Jun
Belgium5,360 records · best Jul, Jun
Ukraine3,711 records · best May, Jun
Germany2,887 records · best Jun, May
Austria1,615 records · best Jun, May
Israel1,391 records · best May, Apr
Ireland1,351 records · best May, Jun
Czechia1,072 records · best Jun, May
Bulgaria890 records · best May, Jun
Belarus812 records · best May, Jun
Lithuania797 records · best Jun, May
Latvia394 records · best Jun, May
Slovakia310 records · best May, Jun
Slovenia303 records · best May, Jun
Hungary242 records · best May, Jun
Georgia241 records · best May, Jun
Romania233 records · best May, Jun
Switzerland216 records · best Jun, Jul
Croatia177 records · best May, Jun
Kuwait130 records · best May, Apr
Serbia112 records · best May, Jun
Egypt107 records · best Sep, Oct
Kyrgyzstan93 records · best Jun, May
Palestine56 records · best Apr, May
Moldova50 records · best May, Jun
Bosnia and Herzegovina41 records · best May, Jun
Armenia28 records · best May, Jun
Jordan28 records · best Apr, Sep
Iceland23 records · best Jul, Apr
Luxembourg23 records · best Jun, May
Cyprus22 records · best Apr, Oct
Lebanon15 records · best Apr, May
Liechtenstein9 records · best Jun, May
Montenegro7 records · best Jun, May
Qatar7 records · best May, Sep
Syria3 records · best May, Jan
North Macedonia2 records · best Jun, Jan
Malta2 records · best May, Jan
Bahrain2 records · best Jun, Jan
Maldives2 records · best Jul, Jan
Seychelles2 records · best Oct, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
All birdsMore of the Rallidae family
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