Rails, Crakes & Coots

Tasmanian Nativehen

Tribonyx mortierii

The Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) is a 1.3 kg wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

1.3 kg

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Australia.

Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist