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African Crake
Crecopsis egregia (Peters, WKH 1854)
The African crake is a small- to medium-size ground-living bird in the rail family, found in most of central to southern Africa. It is seasonally common in most of its range other than the rainforests and areas that have low annual rainfall. This crake is a partial migrant, moving away from the equator as soon as the rains provide sufficient grass cover to allow it to breed elsewhere. There have been a few records of vagrant birds reaching Atlantic islands. This species nests in a wide variety of grassland types, and agricultural land with tall crops may also be used. Source: Wikipedia
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Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Crecopsis
Scientific:
Crecopsis egregia
Classification
Order:Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Crecopsis
Scientific:
Crecopsis egregia
Original description
Citation:
(Peters, WKH 1854)
Reference:
Ber. Verh. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin
Protonym:
Ortygometra (Crex) egregia
Type locality:
Tete, Zambesi.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11068032
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
09A0F2EBC063CF30
Avibase ID:
avibase-09A0F2EB
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/09A0F2EB
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176278
English:
African Crake
Catalan:
Guatlla maresa africana
Czech:
chřástal africký
Danish:
Græsrikse
German:
Savannenralle
Spanish:
Guión Africano
Spanish (Spain):
Guión Africano
Finnish:
afrikanrääkkä
French:
Râle des prés
Croatian:
afrički kosac
Hungarian:
afrikai haris
Icelandic:
Hagarella
Italian:
Re di quaglie africano
Japanese (romaji):
afurikauzurakuina
Japanese:
アフリカウズラクイナ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinė griežlė
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Kwartelkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grasrikse
Norwegian:
Gressrikse
Polish:
derkacz kureczkowaty
Portuguese:
Codornizão-africano
Portuguese (Portugal):
Codornizão-africano
Russian:
Африканский коростель
Slovak:
chrapkáč hnedý
Serbian:
Afrički prdavac
Swedish:
afrikansk kornknarr
Ukrainian:
Деркач африканський
Chinese:
非洲秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲長腳秧雞
African Crake
Catalan:
Guatlla maresa africana
Czech:
chřástal africký
Danish:
Græsrikse
German:
Savannenralle
Spanish:
Guión Africano
Spanish (Spain):
Guión Africano
Finnish:
afrikanrääkkä
French:
Râle des prés
Croatian:
afrički kosac
Hungarian:
afrikai haris
Icelandic:
Hagarella
Italian:
Re di quaglie africano
Japanese (romaji):
afurikauzurakuina
Japanese:
アフリカウズラクイナ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinė griežlė
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Kwartelkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grasrikse
Norwegian:
Gressrikse
Polish:
derkacz kureczkowaty
Portuguese:
Codornizão-africano
Portuguese (Portugal):
Codornizão-africano
Russian:
Африканский коростель
Slovak:
chrapkáč hnedý
Serbian:
Afrički prdavac
Swedish:
afrikansk kornknarr
Ukrainian:
Деркач африканський
Chinese:
非洲秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲長腳秧雞
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Râle des prés ( Crex egregia) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Râle des prés ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 1st edition: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Clements, version 2021: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Clements, version 2022: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Clements, version 2023: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Clements 3rd edition: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 4th edition: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements, version 2015: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements, version 2016: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements, version 2017: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Clements, version 2018: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Clements, version 2019: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| eBird version 1.50: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 1.52: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 1.53: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 1.54: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 1.55: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 2015: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 2016: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 2017: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| eBird version 2018: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| eBird version 2019: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| eBird version 2021: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| eBird version 2022: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| eBird version 2023: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Crake ( Porzana egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): African Crake ( Porzana egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: African Crake ( Crex egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Crecopsis egregia |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Crecopsis egregia |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Crecopsis egregia |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): African Crake ( Crecopsis egregia) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Crex egregia |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Crex egregia |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Riethaan
Arabic: مرعة افريقية
Asturian: Guiyu africanu
Azerbaijani: Afrika çivdimdiyi
Belarusian: Афрыканскі драч
Bulgarian: Африкански дърдавец
Bengali: িঅচিকান গুযগুচয
Bengali (transliteration): āphrikāna guraguri
Catalan: Guatlla maresa africana
Czech: Chrástal africký, chřástal africký
Welsh: Rhegen Affrica
Danish: Græsrikse
German: Savannenralle, Steppenralle, Steppensumpfhuhn
Greek: Αφρικανική oρτυκoμάvα, Αφρικανική Ορτυκομάνα
English: African Crake
English, HBW: African Crake
English (IOC): African Crake
English (Kenya): African Crake
English (United States): African Crake
Esperanto: afrika krekopseo, afrika krekso, Herbejkrekso
Spanish: Guión Africano, Polluela Pintoja
Spanish (Spain): Guión Africano
Spanish (HBW): Guión africano
Estonian: savannirääk
Basque: Giloi afrikarra, Guatlla maresa africana
Finnish: afrikanrääkkä, Savannihuitti
French: Râle africain, Râle d'Afrique, Râle des prés, Râle des steppes
Frisian: Afrikaanske teapert
Irish: Crág Afracach
Galician: Codornizón africano, Guatlla maresa africana, Rei dos paspallás africano
Hebrew: מלכישליו אפריקני
Croatian: afrički kosac
Hungarian: afrikai haris, Pompás haris
Icelandic: Hagarella
Italian: Rallo africano, Re di quaglie africano, Schiribilla africana
Japanese (romaji): afurikauzurakuina
Japanese: アフリカウズラクイナ
Kazakh: Африка шәукілдегі
Kwangali: Katukutuku
Kirghiz: Африка тартары
Scientific: Cecropis egregia, Crecopsis egregia, Crex egregia, Ortygometra (Crex) egregia, Porzana egregia
Lithuanian: Afrikinė griežlė
Latvian: Āfrikas grieze
Dutch: Afrikaanse Kwartelkoning
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grasrikse
Norwegian: Gressrikse
Polish: derkacz kureczkowaty, Derkaczek
Portuguese: Codornizão-africano
Portuguese (Portugal): Codornizão-africano
Rhaeto-Romance: Quaglia africana
Romanian: Cristel african
Russian: Африканский коростель
Northern Sami: Suoidnevuonccis
Slovak: chrapkáč hnedý
Slovenian: Afriški kosec
Shona: Nhapata
Serbian: Afrički prdavac
Swedish: Afrikansk kornknarr
Swahili: Kiluwiri wa Afrika
Turkish: Küçük Bıldırcın Kılavuzu, Küçük bıldırcınkılavuzu
Ukrainian: Деркач африканський
Chinese: 非洲秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲長腳秧雞
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