Showing posts with label Eulabeornis castaneoventris. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

CHESNUT RAIL

Photographed at Buffalo Creek, Darwin May 2016
777              CHESTNUT RAIL            Eulabeornis castaneoventris

Australia           (621)

Found in coastal mangroves, tidal creeks and exposed mud. 44-52 cm; male larger. Range: coastal n. Australia and islands, from c. Derby (WA) to Top End (NT), to se Gulf of Carpentaria. Sedentary.




Darwin, January 2024