Corn crake vs Lesser moorhen
The corn crake is heavier: 154.9 g against 130 g for the lesser moorhen, about 19% more.
Photo: Rachel Davies · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a corn crake and a lesser moorhen?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The corn crake is heavier: 154.9 g against 130 g for the lesser moorhen, about 19% more.
- They share the family Rallidae but sit in different genera: Corn crake in Crex, Lesser moorhen in Paragallinula.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Corn crake | Lesser moorhen | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Crex crex | Paragallinula angulata |
| Family | Rallidae | Rallidae |
| Order | Gruiformes | Gruiformes |
| Weight | 142 g – 169 g | 114.5 g – 155 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 5.83 years | Not recorded |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland | wetland |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| 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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