Common name of Crex crex, sometimes also called 'Landrail', of the family Rallidae or 'rails' (order Gruiformes). Unlike typical rails, the favourite habitat of the Corncrake is grassland. It is distributed over most of Europe and central Asia, and migrates to Africa in winter. For more general information about rails, see 'coot(s)'.

Alternative forms for Corncrake : corncrake, corncrakes.