Rails

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
Photo by Frank Atkinson	Photo by Tom Green	Photo by Julian Robinson	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Harvey Perkins
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by David Cook	Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT. Photo by David Cook	Photo by James Rolevink	Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Rare, breeding summer visitor. One winter record
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Uncommon breeding summer migrant
Photo by Ian Fraser	Immature. Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Kelly's Swamp, ACT. Photo by David Cook	Kelly's Swamp, ACT. Photo by David Cook
Photo by Noel Luff	Photo by Frank Antram
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Rare, warm weather visitor
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb
Photo by Lindsay Hansch
Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea Rare breeding species recorded mostly in warmer weather, but possibly a resident
Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Steve Stephinson	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
Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Stuart Harris	Photo by Stuart Harris
Jerrabomberra Wetlands. Photo by David Cook
Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis Rare non-breeding vagrant
Photo by Lindsay Hansch	Photo by Stuart Harris	Point Hut Pond, November 2007. Photo by Bruce Ramsay	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
Photo by Frank Atkinson	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by Martin Butterfield	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook
Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Geoffrey Dabb	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Photo by Bron King
Photo by Julian Robinson
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Common species on suitable water and nearby, breeding here very occasionally
Photo by Graham Stephinson	Jerrabomberra Wetlands, ACT. Photo by David Cook	Photo by Harvey Perkins	Photo by Peter Fullagar	Photo by Peter Fullagar
Photo by David Cook	Dependent young - approx. 3 weeks old. Photo by David Cook	Nest. Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook	Photo by David Cook
Photo by Frank Antram	Photo by Bron King	Albinistic. Photo by Martin Butterfield

Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Common breeding resident in suitable terrain throughout the tablelands area

Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Rare, breeding summer visitor. One winter record

Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Uncommon breeding summer migrant

Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Rare, warm weather visitor

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

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

Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis
Rare non-breeding vagrant

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

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

Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Common breeding resident in suitable terrain throughout the tablelands area

Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater ) Rare, breeding summer visitor. One winter record

Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Uncommon breeding summer migrant

Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Rare, warm weather visitor

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

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

Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis Rare non-breeding vagrant

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

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

Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Common breeding resident in suitable terrain throughout the tablelands area

Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis( Bird Call © 2004 Peter Fullagar and Ederic Slater )
Rare, breeding summer visitor. One winter record

Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Uncommon breeding summer migrant

Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
Rare, warm weather visitor

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

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

Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis
Rare non-breeding vagrant

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

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