Photographed at Timber Yards Road, Leeston, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019 |
(* 412) MARSH CRAKE Porzana pusilla
NEW ZEALAND 112
Known also as Baillion's Rail and by the Maori name Koitareke. Uncommon native. Inhabits dense beds of reeds and rushes in freshwater and estuarine wetlands. Found over most of New Zealand.