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Corn Crake

Crex crex

Order
Gruiformes
Family
Rallidae
Presence in the Strait
Migrant
Protection in Spain
Special protection (List)
In Spanish
Guión de codornices

Photograph: Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY, vía iNaturalist

Length
27–30 cm
Wingspan
46–53 cm
Weight
135–170 g
0204060LENGTH27–30 cmWINGSPAN46–53 cmcentimetres

Presence in the Strait

Occasional migrant. Eight isolated records of birds on prenuptial migration, all in Ceuta in March (1) and April (4); and, on postnuptial migration, all hunted in the North of the Strait of Gibraltar in September (1) and October (3).

Identification

Very difficult to observe. Similar in Rallidae juv. ad. Gallineta Común juv. ad. Calamón Común Guión de Codornices size to a partridge, but with a weak fluttering flight action, dangling feet and chestnut wings. They come from Northern and Central Europe and migrate to the W of the Iberian Peninsula.

Bioestrecho editorial text. Last revised: 8 September 2026.

Gallery

Photographs from iNaturalist observations with the licence checked file by file. Those marked “Strait” were taken within the area; place and date are those of each observation.