Black-tailed Nativehen
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Black-tailed Nativehen

Tribonyx ventralis(Gould, 1837)

Native
Order
GRUIFORMES
Family
Rallidae
Genus
Tribonyx
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The black-tailed nativehen is a rail native to Australia.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Australia (except north, south-central, Tasmania)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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