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| Gallicrex cinerea |
(Gmelin, 1789) |
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Family: Rallidae |
Order: Gruiformes |
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Watercock |
Râle à crête |
Gallineta crestada |
Wasserhahn |
| Migration: partial |
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extent unclear |
Most birds from N China and Korea apparently migrate or disperse S for winter, but extent of movements
unclear, and evidence somewhat conflicting, with species also reported to be resident even in NE China
(Liaoning); absent from Hong Kong, and apparently from Korea in winter. Regarded as largely a visitor to S part
of range, with winter occurrences from Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Flores and Sulawesi; also May-Jul in Sumatra
and breeding recorded; migrants present in Japan mainly Sept to mid-Jan (most Oct-Nov) with occasional spring
records. In India and Pakistan, resident in well watered areas but disperse widely during Monsoon with creation
of marshy conditions in otherwise dry low-lying areas. Vagrant to Kamchatka, Christmas I (Indian Ocean) Dec-
Jan and possibly to Palau Is. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: East Asia, South & Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |