Species profile
Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea
Quick answer
Lowlands of s and e Asia and Malay Archipelago
- Scientific name
- Gallicrex cinerea
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Gallicrex
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Watercock in your journal
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