noun
definition
Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
verb
definition
To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.
Examples of crake in a Sentence
Blackbirds and thrushes are not found, nor any species of parrot, but on the other hand, we have the hoopoe (yatsugashira), the red-breast (komadori), the bluebird (run), the wren (miso-sazai), the golden-crested wren (itadaki), the golden-eagle (inu-washi), the finch (hiwa), the longtailed rosefinch (benimashiko), the ouzelbrown (akahara), dusky (tsugumi) and water (kawa-garasu)the kingfisher (kawasems), the crake (kuina) and the tomtit (kara).
Apart from the Duddon, which forms part of the western boundary, the principal rivers are the Leven and Crake, flowing southward into a common estuary in Morecambe Bay.
If we are very fortunate, we may see coveys of Coqui Francolins or flush a migratory Corn Crake.
Others are spotted crake, Osprey, Bittern, and ferruginous duck.
The morning was, as expected, very productive and we saw some interesting things including an Australian crake and about 1000 Banded Stilts.
Little crake A small Crake disappeared into reeds at the Aguas estuary late afternoon 9/11, this bird was almost certainly a Little Crake.
Jacana, black crake and various kingfishers are regularly seen and it is also a good spot for violet touraco.
All the rights and royalties of the river crake belong to this manor, which is the property of Colonel Braddyll.
A Gray Wagtail flew up the river and from a roadside ditch we flushed a Little Crake.
There is a good chance of Little Crake and Barred Warbler here and we should see all three marsh terns.