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Corn Crake

Crex crex

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Tsavo West National Park
17 Verified records at Tsavo West National Park
March Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the Northern Hemisphere's winter. It is a medium-sized crake with buff- or grey-streaked brownish-black upperparts, chestnut markings on the wings, and blue-grey underparts with rust-coloured and white bars on the flanks and undertail. The strong bill is flesh-toned, the iris is pale brown, and the legs and feet are pale grey. Juveniles are similar in plumage to adults, and downy chicks are black, as with all rails. There are no subspecies, although individuals from the east of the breeding range tend to be slightly paler than their western counterparts. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Corn Crake sighting in Tsavo West National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Tsavo West National Park

African Crake
LC

African Crake

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Crex egregia

<5% · Rare
Black Crake

Black Crake

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Amaurornis flavirostra

5–10% · With luck
Common Moorhen
LC

Common Moorhen

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinula chloropus

<5% · Rare
Western Swamphen
LC

Western Swamphen

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Porphyrio porphyrio

<5% · Rare
Red-knobbed Coot
LC

Red-knobbed Coot

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fulica cristata

<5% · Rare
Grey Crowned Crane
EN

Grey Crowned Crane

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Balearica regulorum

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
10–20%
2 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
10–20%
3 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
4 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
5 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
<5%
6 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
7 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
<5%
8 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
9 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
10 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
<5%
11 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
12 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
13 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
14 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
15 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
16 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
17 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
18 Kidepo Valley National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
19 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Insufficient data
20 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
21 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
22 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
23 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Corn Crake in Tsavo West National Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Corn Crake sighting in Tsavo West National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Corn Crake in Tsavo West National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Corn Crake in Tsavo West National Park in our monthly data.

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