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Rails
Family Rallidae

 

Purple Swamphen
Lewin's Rail
Buff-banded Rail
Baillon's Crake
Australian Spotted Crake
Spotless Crake
Black-tailed Native-hen
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot


   Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) [ Common breeding resident in suitable terrain throughout the tablelands area ]

Purple Swamphen
Photo by Frank Atkinson
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Tom Green
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Julian Robinson
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Purple Swamphen chick
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Purple Swamphen and chick
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Purple Swamphen and friend
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Stuart Harris
Purple Swamphen
Photo by David Cook
Purple Swamphen
Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT.
Photo by David Cook
Purple Swamphens
Photo by James Rolevink
Purple Swamphen
Photo by Lindsay Hansch


   Lewin's Rail ( Lewinia pectoralis ) [ Rare, breeding summer visitor. One winter record ]

Lewin's Rail
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Lewin's Rail
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Lewin's Rails
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Lewin's Rail
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Lewin's Rail
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb


   Buff-banded Rail ( Gallirallus philippensis ) [ Uncommon breeding summer migrant ]

Buff-banded Rail
Photo by Ian Fraser
Buff-banded Rail
Immature.
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Buff-banded Rail
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Buff-banded Rail
Kelly's Swamp, ACT.
Photo by David Cook
Buff-banded Rail
Kelly's Swamp, ACT.
Photo by David Cook
Buff-banded Rail
Photo by Noel Luff
Buff-banded Rail
Photo by Frank Antram


   Baillon's Crake ( Porzana pusilla ) [ Rare, warm weather visitor ]

Baillon's Crake
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Baillon's Crake
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Baillon's Crake
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Baillon's Crakes
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Baillon's Crake
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Baillon's Crake
Photo by Lindsay Hansch


   Australian Spotted Crake ( Porzana fluminea ) [ Rare breeding species recorded mostly in warmer weather, but possibly a resident ]

Australian Spotted Crake
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Australian Spotted Crake
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Australian Spotted Crake
Photo by Stuart Harris
Australian Spotted Crake
Photo by Steve Stephinson
Australian Spotted Crake
Photo by Lindsay Hansch


   Spotless Crake ( Porzana tabuensis ) [ Rare species, recorded mostly in the warmer months, but occasionally in winter. One breeding record: Fyshwick Sewage Works, Jan/Feb 2001 ]

Spotless Crake
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Spotless Crake
Photo by Stuart Harris
Spotless Crake
Photo by Stuart Harris
Spotless Crake
Photo by Stuart Harris
Spotless Crake
Photo by Stuart Harris
Spotless Crake
Jerrabomberra Wetlands.
Photo by David Cook


   Black-tailed Native-hen ( Tribonyx ventralis ) [ Rare non-breeding vagrant ]

Black-tailed Native-hen
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Black-tailed Native-hen
Photo by Stuart Harris
Black-tailed Native-hen
Point Hut Pond, November 2007.
Photo by Bruce Ramsay
Black-tailed Native-hen
Point Hut Pond, November 2007.
Photo by Bruce Ramsay


   Dusky Moorhen ( Gallinula tenebrosa ) [ Common breeding resident where suitable habitat exists, chiefly on the tablelands area ]

Dusky Moorhen
Photo by Frank Atkinson
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by Martin Butterfield
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by David Cook
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by David Cook
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by David Cook
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by David Cook
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by Bron King
Dusky Moorhen
Photo by Julian Robinson


   Eurasian Coot ( Fulica atra ) [ Common species on suitable water and nearby, breeding here very occasionally ]

Eurasian Coot
Photo by Graham Stephinson
Eurasian Coot
Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT.
Photo by David Cook
Eurasian Coot
Photo by Harvey Perkins
Eurasian Coot
Photo by Peter Fullagar
Eurasian Coot
Photo by Peter Fullagar
Eurasian Coot
Photo by David Cook
Eurasian Coots
Dependent young - approx. 3 weeks old.
Photo by David Cook
Eurasian Coot Nest
Nest.
Photo by David Cook
Eurasian Coot
Photo by David Cook
Eurasian Coots
Photo by David Cook
Eurasian Coot
Photo by Frank Antram
Eurasian Coot
Photo by Bron King
Eurasian Coot
Albinistic.
Photo by Martin Butterfield