Watercock | |
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Male at Basai Wetlands, near Gurgaon, Haryana, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Gallicrex Blyth, 1852 |
Species: | G. cinerea
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Binomial name | |
Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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The watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae that is widely distributed across Southeast Asia. It is the only member of the genus Gallicrex.