Thursday, May 2, 2019

BANDED RAIL

Photographed at Shakespeare Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand, May 2019

(* 171)                     BANDED RAIL                     Gallirallus philippensis   

NEW ZEALAND               126

Uncommon native. Known by Maori name Moho pereru, and in Australia as Buff-banded Rail. Found in salt marshes, mangroves and less commonly in freshwater swamps; also on some off-shore islands.





















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