BirdUp · Species
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Amaurornis moluccana(Wallace, 1865)
- Order
- GRUIFORMES
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Amaurornis
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The pale-vented bush-hen or rufous-tailed bush-hen is a medium sized waterbird, mainly blue-grey with a buff vent and undertail. It is found in Australia, the Moluccan Islands, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Sangihe (north of north-east Sulawesi), Sula Is. (east of Sulawesi) and Moluccas to New Guinea and satellites, Australia and Solomon Is.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
call · Quality B
Ian Kerr · Lower Pappinbarra, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, New South Wales, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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