Water ouzel and water crake are alternative names for which British bird?
Ring ouzel a neat cup-shaped nest. Ring ouzel The ring ouzel ("Turdus torquatus") is a European member of the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the mountain equivalent of the closely related common blackbird, and breeds in gullies, rocky areas or scree slopes. "Ouzel" (or "ousel") is an old name for common blackbird from Old English "osle". "Ouzel" may also be applied to a group of superficially similar but unrelated birds, the dippers, the European representative of which is sometimes known as the water ouzel. As with the English name, the scientific name also refers to the male's obvious white neck crescent, being
Spotless crake injury to distract predators if they are present. Other threats to spotless crake are the clearance of habitat, such as swamp draining and clearing for agriculture which mainly took place when Europeans arrived. Water pollution and degradation of wetlands due to grazing are also major threats. Spotless crake The spotless crake ("Porzana tabuensis") is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is found in American Samoa, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga. As an adult the spotless crake can