Corncrake

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Corncrake information

Over the last number of years, Fota Wildlife Park has been perfecting the husbandry of these rare birds - raising chicks in our dedicated facilities for hatching and rearing, and ensuring high survival rates, and working in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to support research, rescue and rehabilitation of corncrakes.



Latin Name

Crex crex

Biome

Tall-grass grassland

Class

Aves

Order

Gruiformes

IUCN Red List Conservation Status

Least Concern

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