WHITE-FRONTED WATERHEN

Subspecies phoenicurus, Photographed March 2017

(* 337/814)                 WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN               Amaurornis phoenicurus      

SRI LANKA             22

Found in marshes, paddy fields and other wet areas with thick cover. 32 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.

WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

Photographed on Cocos Islands, December 2016

(see  337/814)             WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN            Amaurornis phoenicurus  

AUSTRALIA (Cocos Islands)            (657)

Note: self-introduced to Cocos Islands where they have flourished; also found in very small numbers on Christmas Island.

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.

WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(814)                  WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN            Amaurornis phoenicurus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (12)

Found in freshwater wetlands and coastal mangroves; has adapted to living in drainage canals and flooded fields near villages and gardens. 33 cm. Range: Oriental region, mostly sedentary. Common throughout Sunda and parts of Wallace.

Photographed on Nusa Penida, Indonesia November 2016

WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN

337            WHITE-BREASTED WATERHEN       Amaurornis phoenicurus

Nepal    (14)

Range across Southeast Asia and Indian subcontinent. 32 cm long. Found in marshes, usually fresh water but sometimes brackish or sea-shore.