Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) [XC204412]
by Greg McLachlan from Liffey, Tasmania, Australia (call)
Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) [XC717168]
by Peter Boesman from Cataract Gorge Reserve (near West Launceston), Launceston City Council, Tasmania, Australia (begging call, people walking and talking)
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.
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