 The corn crake winters mainly in Africa , from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Tanzania south to eastern South Africa . North of this area , it is mainly seen on migration , but occasionally winters in North Africa and to the west and north of its core area in southeast Africa . Most of the South African population of about 2 @,@ 000 birds occurs in KwaZulu @-@ Natal and the former Transvaal Province , and numbers elsewhere in Africa are uncertain . There are several nineteenth @-@ century records , when populations were much higher than now , of birds being seen in western Europe , mainly Britain and Ireland , between December and February . 
 The corn crake winters mainly in Africa , from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Tanzania south to eastern South Africa . North of this area , it is mainly seen on migration , but occasionally winters in North Africa and to the west and north of its core area in southeast Africa . Most of the South African population of about 2 @,@ 000 birds <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>occurs</mark></a> in KwaZulu @-@ Natal and the former Transvaal Province , and numbers elsewhere in Africa <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>uncertain . <a href='dey_it' title='3'><mark>There</mark></a> are several nineteenth @-@ century records , when populations <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> much higher than now , of birds being seen in western Europe , mainly Britain and Ireland , between December and February . 
The corn crake winters mainly in Africa , from da Democratic Republic of the Congo and central Tanzania south to eastern South Africa . North of this area , it is mainly seen on migration , but occasionally winters in North Africa and to tdawest and north of its core area in southeast Africa . Most of the South African population of about 2 @,@ 000 birds occur in KwaZulu @-@ Natal and the former Transvaal Province , and numbers elsewhere in Africa uncertain . It is several nineteenth @-@ century records , when populations was much higher den now , of birds being seen in western Europe , mainly Britain and Ireland , between December and February .