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Watercock

Gallicrex cinerea

Least Concern

Envergadura

37,2 cm

Peso

426,6666666666667 g

Familia

Rallidae

Orden

Gruiformes

Acerca de

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
Envergadura	37,2 cm	14.6 in
Peso	426,6666666666667 g	15.05 oz

Habitat & Range

🌿 Humedal

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamiento y reproducción

Nidificación

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

Tamaño de la puesta

3-6

Taxonomía

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Orden	Gruiformes (Grullas y Rálidos)
Familia	Rallidae (Rascones, Polluelas y Fochas)
Genus	Gallicrex
Especies	Gallicrex cinerea

Distribution

Watercock has been recorded in 2 countries.

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Presente Not recorded