There is no record of John Hewitt having written a poem titled "The Day of the Corncrake." John Hewitt was a Northern Irish poet and had a diverse body of work, but this specific poem does not appear to be part of his repertoire.
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Quite a few, but the first animal I can think of is a bird
called a Corncrake.
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The scientific or taxonomic name would be Crex crex.