Baillon's Crake

Porzana pusilla

WTP, Werribee, S Vic IMG_1264 20171109

Notes: Smallest Crake. Ginger-brown upper w. black streaks, grey face & under. Black & white
barred undertail coverts. Red eye, yellowish bill. Female: rufous eye-stripe. Male: eye-stripe
broken or absent. Usually freshwater wetlands, with dense cover. Migratory, moving N in winter.

Range from eBird.org^© (August 2021)

WTP, Werribee, S Vic IMG_1904 20171226 - female WTP, Werribee, S Vic IMG_1918 20171226 - female Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra, ACT IMG_7951 20171025 - male Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra, ACT IMG_7992 20171025 - male WTP, Werribee, S Vic IMG_1245 20171109 Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra, ACT IMG_7980 20171025 - female: eye-stripe visible. Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Canberra, ACT IMG_7964 20171025 - male: eye-stripe absent.

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