White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus - Râle à poitrine blanche

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Amaurornis

  • Species
    :

    phoenicurus

Descriptor

Pennant, 1769

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 33 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 166 à 328 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Râle à poitrine blanche
adult
Râle à poitrine blanche
immature

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Amaurornis phoenicurus phoenicurus (s Asia, Malay Arch. and Philippines)
  • Amaurornis phoenicurus insularis (Andaman and Nicobar Is.)
  • Amaurornis phoenicurus leucocephalus ()
  • Amaurornis phoenicurus midnicobarica ()
  • Amaurornis phoenicurus leucomelana (Sulawesi, w Moluccas, Lesser Sundas)

Foreign names

  • Râle à poitrine blanche,
  • Gallineta pechiblanca,
  • franga-de-água-de-peito-branco,
  • Weißbrust-Kielralle,
  • fehérmellű lápityúk,
  • Witborstwaterhoen,
  • Rallo acquaiolo pettobianco,
  • vattensumphöna,
  • Hvitbrystrikse,
  • kohútec bieloprsý,
  • chřástal běloprsý,
  • Hvidbrystet Rørhøne,
  • ojasuokana,
  • polla pitblanca,
  • bagiewnik białopierśny,
  • baltkrūšu ormanītis,
  • Белогрудый погоныш,
  • Kareo padi,
  • シロハラクイナ,
  • 白胸苦恶鸟,
  • นกกวัก,
  • 白腹秧雞〔白胸苦惡鳥〕,

Voice song and cries

Râle à poitrine blanche
juvenile

Habitat

Râle à poitrine blanche
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tid

e Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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