White-breasted Waterhen, catching a meal (lemmy.world)

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[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

White-breasted waterhens are found in South and Southeast Asia. They're part of the rail family, like moorhens as you mentioned. I agree this is a really interesting/exotic looking bird. Its long legs and overall proportions aren't like any birds I've seen in Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_waterhen

this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023

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