Dusky Moorhen at Bega, NSW
Identification history
| Gallinula tenebrosa | 5 Nov 2019 | MatthewHiggins |
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User's notes
This adult Moorhen is on a nest on the foundations of the old bridge over the Anabranch on Tarragandra Rd. She has at least six chicks - look closely at the four underneath her (!), plus the one in the background, plus one out of shot.
1 comment
JackieMiles
wrote:
6 Nov 2019
Aw, cute. Maybe she will beef up the local population a bit. I find it odd that there are so many coots and hardly any moorhens down here.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.853898-36.675028
- Places Bega, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 5 Nov 2019 10:00 AM Recorded on
- MatthewHiggins Recorded by
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Gallinula tenebrosa Scientific name
- Dusky Moorhen Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1080.5m Recorded at altitude
- 221 images trained Machine learning
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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