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considerable diversity in its forms, and
includes such
ubiquitous species as the
crakes, coots, and gallinule;
other rail
species are
extremely rare or endangered...
- Oryx and
Crake is a 2003
novel by
Canadian author Margaret Atwood. She has
described the
novel as
speculative fiction and
adventure romance,
rather than...
- The corn
crake,
corncrake or
landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It
breeds in
Europe and Asia as far east as
western China, and migrates...
- The
African crake (Crecopsis egregia) is a small- to medium-size ground-living bird in the rail family,
found in most of
central to
southern Africa. It...
- Baillon's
crake (Za****ia pusilla), also
known as the
marsh crake, is a
small waterbird of the
family Rallidae.
Their breeding habitat is
sedge beds in...
- The slaty-legged
crake or
banded crake (Rallina eurizonoides) is a
waterbird in the rail and
crake family, Rallidae. Its
breeding habitat is
swamps and...
- The
little crake (Za****ia parva) is a very
small waterbird of the
family Rallidae.
parva is
Latin for "small". This
species was long
included in the...
-
Captain Francis William Crake MC (19
April 1893 – 28
November 1920) was a
British Army and
Royal Irish Constabulary officer.
Francis Crake was born on 19 April...
- The
spotted crake (Porzana porzana) is a
small waterbird of the
family Rallidae. The
scientific name is
derived from
Venetian terms for
small rails. The...
-
crake (Laterallus ruber) is a bird in the rail family, Rallidae.
Other names the
ruddy crake is
known by are "red rail", "ruddy rail" and "red
crake"...