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Watercock

Gallicrex cinerea

Least Concern

Flügelspannweite

37,2 cm

Gewicht

426,6666666666667 g

Familie

Rallidae

Ordnung

Gruiformes

Über uns

Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a medium 42–43 cm rail of South and South-East Asia. Strongly sexually dimorphic; breeding male dark slaty with distinctive red frontal shield and knob; female brown-streaked. Inhabits rice paddies, freshwater marshes, and flooded grasslands from India east to China and Indonesia. Partly migratory. Polygynous.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Flügelspannweite	37,2 cm	14.6 in
Gewicht	426,6666666666667 g	15.05 oz

Habitat & Range

🌿 Feuchtgebiet

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Verhalten & Brutverhalten

Nistverhalten

Nest type: CP,DM. Incubation: 24 days.

Gelegegröße

3-6

Taxonomie

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordnung	Gruiformes (Kraniche und Rallen)
Familie	Rallidae (Rallen, Sumpfhühner und Blässhühner)
Genus	Gallicrex
Arten	Gallicrex cinerea

Distribution

Watercock has been recorded in 2 countries.

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Vorhanden Not recorded