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White-Breasted Waterhen
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
white breasted water hen
Main features: Large (33cm); upperparts black; white face, belly; chestnut flanks and undertail coverts; bill green or yellow, red at the base; legs yellowish green. Genders look alike.
Juvenile: Dirtier looking, overall grey-brown; upperparts browner; white replaced by dark grey; bill grey.
Call: Described as a dawn chorus lasting several minutes of frog-like croaking and grunting followed by regular u-wak. Also a soft, hollow hoop repeated monotonously; alarm call is a high-pitched hik.
In flight: Flies with legs dangling.
Similar birds: Common Moorhen: their juveniles look similar. But the Common Moorhen's has a white under tail covert while the White-breasted Waterhen's is cinnamon.
Status in Singapore: Very common resident throughout the island, including North and South offshore islands.
World distribution: Resident and common in India through southern China, Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Bali.
Classification: Family Rallidae (Rails). World 142 species, Singapore 11 species. |
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great pic, TFS Ori
Great shot... it looks almost comical... strutting along with it's overlarge feet on those long legs.
Excellent detail and clarity, nice catch light in the eye. DoF well done. Colors are well saturated. Nice PoV and good composition. Big thumbs up !
TFS, Mish
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