Australasian Swamphen

Porphyrio melanotus

Least Concern

The Australasian Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Zealand and nearby islands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

Australasian Swamphen Range — Resident or seasonal range in New Zealand and nearby islands

Population

≈ Unknown

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