Corn crake vs Water rail
The corn crake is heavier: 154.9 g against 110.7 g for the water rail, about 40% more.
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What is the difference between a corn crake and a water rail?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The corn crake is heavier: 154.9 g against 110.7 g for the water rail, about 40% more.
- The water rail is longer-lived: 8.78 years against 5.83 years for the corn crake, about 50% longer.
- They share the family Rallidae but sit in different genera: Corn crake in Crex, Water rail in Rallus.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Corn crake | Water rail | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Crex crex | Rallus aquaticus |
| Family | Rallidae | Rallidae |
| Order | Gruiformes | Gruiformes |
| Weight | 142 g – 169 g | 98 g – 127 g |
| Length | Not recorded | 23 cm – 28 cm |
| Lifespan | 5.83 years | 8.78 years |
| 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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