9 Dusky Moorhen at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Gallinula tenebrosa | 4 Sep 2022 | Liam.m | ||
| Gallinula tenebrosa | 4 Sep 2022 | AlisonMilton |
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I watched a battle between two male Dusky moorhens while two females and various other waterbirds watched on.
2 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
5 Sep 2022
Wow, some great action shots. Looks like the fight went the distance.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
5 Sep 2022
Yes, went on for quite a while with one looking close to being drowned at some points, but the victor eventually chased the other one away. I took nearly 200 photos of the altercation.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073585-35.236202
- Altitude 592.8m
- Maps Lake Ginninderra
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 3 Sep 2022 02:46 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Species information
- Gallinula tenebrosa Scientific name
- Dusky Moorhen Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1080.5m Recorded at altitude
- 239 images trained Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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