White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Least Concern

The White-breasted Waterhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub. 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

White-breasted Waterhen Range — Resident or seasonal range in South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub

Population

≈ 2M–20M

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