Children drawing: Crex Crex

Conosci l'uccello RE DI QUAGLIE (Crex Crex)?

Ecco qualche curiosità dal portale sugli uccelli da proteggere: 

Gruiforme di medie dimensioni, il Re di quaglie passa la propria vita camminando sui prati regolarmente falciati e concimati dall’uomo, per ricavarne fieno. In Italia, questo uccello è presente unicamente sull’area alpina centro-orientale, dalla Lombardia al Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Purtoppo lo sfalcio meccanico dei prati è sempre più pratica diffusa, ed è anche responsabile diretto della distruzione di uova e pulcini, e talvolta anche dell’uccisione di individui adulti. Questo ha portato ad un largo declino della specie durante il secolo scorso, nell’intero continente europeo e in particolare in Europa occidentale. Forse proprio per questo il Re di quaglie, prima poco considerato e conosciuto, ha attirato l’attenzione degli ornitologi, tanto che la specie è stata oggetto di un Piano d’Azione Internazionale specifico, oltre che essere inclusa tra le specie protette dalla Direttiva Uccelli.

.. a masterwork by a little girl (7 years old) made in my "Creative Lab for kids: birds"

Do you know the CORN CRAKE bird (Crex Crex)?

Here some info from wikipedia:

The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the northern hemisphere's winter. The male's call is a loud krek krek, from which the scientific name is derived.The breeding corn crake population had begun to decline in the 19th century, but the process gained pace after World War II. The main cause of the steep declines in much of Europe is the loss of nests and chicks from early mowing. Haymaking dates have moved forward in the past century due to faster crop growth, made possible by land drainage and the use of fertilisers, and the move from manual grass-cutting using scythes to mechanical mowers, at first horse-drawn and later pulled by tractors. Mechanisation also means that large areas can be cut quickly, leaving the crake with no alternative sites to raise either a first brood if suitable habitat has gone, or a replacement brood if the first nest is destroyed. The pattern of mowing, typically in a circular pattern from the outside of a field to its centre, gives little chance of escape for the chicks, which are also exposed to potential animal predators. Adults can often escape the mowers, although some incubating females sit tight on the nest, with fatal results.Until 2010, despite a breeding range estimated at 12,400,000 km² (4,800,000 sq mi), the corn crake was classified as near threatened on the IUCN Red List because of serious declines in Europe, but improved monitoring in Russia indicates that anticipated losses there have not occurred and numbers have remained stable or possibly increased.