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,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

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