Black-tailed Nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) [XC611859]
by Marc Anderson from Mount Wood Homestead area, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Black-tailed Nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) [XC609893]
by Marc Anderson from Mount Wood Homestead area, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Nest
Saucer-shaped and deep, composed of plant stems, dried grasses or rushes, on the ground in a clump of reeds or under a low bush.
Eggs (Guide)
Usually 5 - 7; glossy, pale green with red, brown or purple blotches and small spots; oval; about 44 x 30 mm.
Young
Precocial, nidifugous.
Subspecies
Was previously placed in the genus Gallinula.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) which has white lateral under tail-coverts, a slimmer build, a finer bill which is never mostly green, has a pointed tail and wing-points that do not extend beyond the tertials and vagrants with Tasmanian Native-hen (Tribonyx mortierii).
References
See References.
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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