Black-tailed Native-hen: Head

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Cranes (Gruiformes)

Family:

Rails (Rallidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

This Photo:

🔍Head🔎

Synonym:

Gallinula ventralis

Thank you Stephen Cox for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
A dusky coloured, large bird, with a black tail that pops up if they feel threatened.
Their beak is pale green on top and orange under. Legs are pale red to orange.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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