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Corn crake vs Snoring rail

The corn crake is heavier: 154.9 g against 116 g for the snoring rail, about 34% more.

Corn crake (Crex crex)
Corn crake LCLeast Concern
Photo: Rachel Davies · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Snoring rail (Aramidopsis plateni)
Snoring rail VUVulnerable
Photo: Bruno Geisler · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

What is the difference between a corn crake and a snoring rail?

Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.

  • The corn crake is heavier: 154.9 g against 116 g for the snoring rail, about 34% more.
  • They share the family Rallidae but sit in different genera: Corn crake in Crex, Snoring rail in Aramidopsis.
  • The corn crake is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List; the snoring rail is Vulnerable.

Side by side

Corn crakeSnoring rail
Scientific nameCrex crexAramidopsis plateni
FamilyRallidaeRallidae
OrderGruiformesGruiformes
Weight142 g – 169 g116 g
LengthNot recordedNot recorded
Lifespan5.83 yearsNot recorded
Main foodNot recordedlizard
Habitatgrasslandwoodland
Conservation statusLeast ConcernVulnerable
Countries recordedNot recordedNot recorded

A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.

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