Rails, Crakes & Coots

Black-tailed Nativehen

Tribonyx ventralis

The Black-tailed Nativehen (Tribonyx ventralis) is a 386 g wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. Some populations migrate.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

386 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

2

Photo: (c) Kym Nicolson, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist