White-breasted waterhen
The white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia.
| White-breasted waterhen | |
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| File:Amaurornis phoenicurus - Singapore Botanic Gardens.jpg | |
| Adult in Singapore | |
| File:AmaurornisPhoenicurusCall.ogg | |
| Call at dusk, Bangalore | |
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Amaurornis |
| Species: | A. phoenicurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Amaurornis phoenicurus Pennant, 1769
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| approximate range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erythra phoenicura | |
White-breasted Waterhen Media
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant)
Immatures have only traces of white on the front
A video of a white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore.
White-breasted Waterhen carrying a mollusc, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India
A White Breasted Waterhen scouting for insects in a small garden pond in Agra, Uttar pradesh, India
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Amaurornis phoenicurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.