Tuesday, November 15, 2016

WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

Photographed in Singapore November 2016
(see 337/814)                  WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN              Amaurornis phoenicurus

SINGAPORE               (34)

Common resident and migrant, occurring in mangroves, secondary forest and scrub, marshes, ponds with vegetated fringes, wet grasslands and parklands. 33 cm. Distribution: widespread across much of Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia and E China, north to Ryukyus, and east to Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas.


















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