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Porzana tabuensis

Photo by Felix Wilson

[edit] Identification

20 cm. Lead grey head and underparts with a bluish sheen, upperparts dark brown, undertail black barred with white, bill black, red eye and eye–ring, red legs.

[edit] Distribution

The Philippines to Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and large parts of Oceania.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies¹

• P. t. tabuensis - Philippines, Australasian region and Oceania
• P. t. edwardi - Central highlands of Papua New Guinea
• P. t. richardsoni - W New Guinea (Jayawijaya Mountains)
• P. t. plumbea - SE and sw Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and Chatham Is.

[edit] Habitat

Swamps or wetlands.

[edit] Behaviour

Shy and elusive.

[edit] References

1. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID