Showing posts with label Moho pereru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moho pereru. Show all posts

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.