Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) [XC860243]
by nick talbot from Missionary Road, North Bruny, Tasmania, Australia (call)
Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) [XC98484]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Mountain Valley, Winterbrook Falls Forest Reserve, Tas, Australia (alarm call?)
Breeding Season (Guide)
Generally June - January but depends on rainfall and availability of fresh, young plant growth.
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Nest
Open, bulky, composed of dry herbage and reed stalks, on the ground beneath a clump of rushes or a low bush.
Eggs (Guide)
4 - 9; buff-grey or greenish, marked with fine and coarse spots of red-brown and sepia; oval; about 55 x 39 mm. Incubation: by both sexes.
Young
Semi-precocial, nidifugous. Tended about eight weeks after hatching.
Subspecies
Was previously placed in the genus Gallinula.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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