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Alternative name: Australian Spotted Crake

Photo by Tannin
Boort, northern Victoria, Australia, March 2006

Porzana fluminea

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South east Australia from mid Queensland to Tasmania, and disjunct in Western Australia.

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Mangrove forests, wetlands, samphire saltmarsh, swamps and reed beds.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

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