Crex crex (craik(er), corn-craik, screich, weet-ma-fit) is a bird in the rail faimily.

Crex crex
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Faimily: Rallidae
Genus: Crex
Species: C. crex
Binomial name
Crex crex
Map shawin the breedin regions o Crex crex (maist o Europe an Sooth-Siberian Roushie up tae Mongolie), an thair Winter migration region (Sooth-Wast Africae).
Range o C. crex      Breeding northern summer visitor     Veesitor in northren winter
Synonyms[2]

Crex pratensis

Crex crex

References

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  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Crex crex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T22692543A38352465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22692543A38352465.en. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. Stone, Witmer (1894). "A Review of the Old World Rallinae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 46: 130–149.