Corn crake vs Invisible rail
The invisible rail is heavier: 1 kg against 154.9 g for the corn crake, about 6.5 times the weight.
Photo: Rachel Davies · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joseph Wolf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
What is the difference between a corn crake and a invisible rail?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The invisible rail is heavier: 1 kg against 154.9 g for the corn crake, about 6.5 times the weight.
- They share the family Rallidae but sit in different genera: Corn crake in Crex, Invisible rail in Habroptila.
- The corn crake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the invisible rail is Vulnerable.
Side by side
| Corn crake | Invisible rail | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Crex crex | Habroptila wallacii |
| Family | Rallidae | Rallidae |
| Order | Gruiformes | Gruiformes |
| Weight | 142 g – 169 g | 1 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 5.83 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland | wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Vulnerable |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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