Gallinula tenebrosa

Dusky Moorhen at Ainslie, ACT

Gallinula tenebrosa at Ainslie, ACT - 30 Aug 2022 01:54 PM
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Gallinula tenebrosa 30 Aug 2022 Amata
Gallinula tenebrosa 30 Aug 2022 cmobbs

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Found this dead moorhen in walkway next to 169 Duffy St, Ainslie. No other birds near it. Feathers were intact suggesting it had not been attacked by a predator. The only water nearby is in the cut-off drain that runs behind Duffy St.

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  • Gallinula tenebrosa Scientific name
  • Dusky Moorhen Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1080.5m Recorded at altitude
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