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https://www.vogelwarte.ch/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1690_1.jpg16001200There is no need to travel to rain forests, for there are also species in this country about whose life in the wild little is known. The Little Crake, daintier than the Spotted Crake, is one of these. It loves extensive, flooded reedbeds. In spring, the male’s mating calls occasionally ring out from such habitats together with the chorus of water frogs.