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White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
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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