Rails, Crakes & Coots

Lord Howe Woodhen

Hypotaenidia sylvestris

The Lord Howe Woodhen (Hypotaenidia sylvestris) is a 494 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

494 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Photo: (c) Morten Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist