Bird family

Crakes and Rails

Tasmanian Native-hen spotted the hen grazing behind the tree a short distance away from the photographer.

Tasmanian Native-hen

Scientific name Tribonyx mortierii
Bird type Waterbirds

Adult swamphen sitting on the grass, to the right, its black chick, they are facing each other

Purple Swamphen

Scientific name Porphyrio porphyrio
Bird type Common birds, Urban birds, Waterbirds

Buff Banded Rail looking and walking left along the ground

Buff-banded Rail

Scientific name Hypotaenidia philippensis
Bird type Waterbirds