Albania (B) (P), Algeria (P), Armenia (B) (P), Austria (B), Azerbaijan (B) (P), Bahrain (P), Belarus (B), Belgium (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (P), China (mainland) (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (NB), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Cyprus (NB) (P), Czech Republic (B), Denmark (B) (P), Egypt (P), Estonia (B), Ethiopia (NB), Faroe Islands (E) (B), Finland (B), France (B) (P), Georgia (B) (P), Germany (B), Greece (P), Hungary (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (P), Iraq (P), Ireland (B), Israel (P), Italy (B) (P), Jordan (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya (NB) (P), Kuwait (P), Kyrgyzstan (B), Latvia (B), Lebanon (P), Liechtenstein (B), Lithuania (B), Luxembourg (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Malawi (NB), Mauritania (NB), Moldova [Republic of] (B) (P), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco (P), Mozambique (NB), Netherlands Antilles (B), Norway (B), Oman (P), Palestinian Authority Territories (P), Poland (B), Portugal (P), Qatar (P), Romania (B) (P), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B), Russia (European) (B) (P), Saudi Arabia (P), Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B), Slovenia (B), South Africa (NB), Spain (B) (NB), Sudan (NB) (P), Swaziland, Sweden (B), Switzerland (B), Tajikistan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of] (NB), Tunisia (P), Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (P), Ukraine (B) (P), United Arab Emirates (P), United Kingdom (B), Uzbekistan (P), Yemen (P), Zambia (NB), Zimbabwe (NB).
Vagrant to Afghanistan, Angola (NB), Botswana (NB), Cameroon (NB), Chad (NB), Côte dIvoire (NB), Eritrea (NB), Gabon (NB), Ghana (NB), Greenland, Iceland, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali (NB), Namibia (NB), Niger (NB), Nigeria (NB), Rwanda (NB), Seychelles (NB), Somalia (NB), St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Syrian Arab Republic (P), Uganda (NB), Vietnam (NB).
Unknown to Guinea (NB).
Western and north-western Europe (from British Is) east to north-western China and central Siberia. Winters mainly from eastern Zaire and southern Tanzania south to eastern South Africa.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 5,000,000 - 10,000,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Corn Crake (Crex crex) [XC563563]
by Ireneusz Oleksik from Cheboksarskiy Rayon, Chuvashia, France (nocturnal flight call)
Corn Crake (Crex crex) [XC187477]
by Nikolay Sariev from Sveti Iliya, Strelcha, Pazardzhik Province, Switzerland (song)
Nest
A shallow cup of leaves with a slight canopy, on the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
8 - 12; slightly glossy, greyish-green, heavily spotted and blotched with reddish-brown and grey. Incubation: about 16 days; mainly by female.
Subspecies
Great variation in colour within all populations renders impractical recognition of subspecies similis of Kazakhstan.
The Reader's Digest Book of British Birds 1980, 3rd Edition, Drive Publications Ltd ISBN 0 340 25308 8
Birds in Colour Campbell, B., 1960, Penguin Books Ltd
The Pocket Guide to Nest and Eggs Fitter, R.S.R., 1954, Collins
RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
The Popular Handbook of British Birds Hollom, P.A.D., 1973, H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd ISBN 0 85493 002 7
BirdLife International Species Factsheet