Gallinula tenebrosa

9 Dusky Moorhen at Belconnen, ACT

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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.

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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
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Featured AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds

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
274 images trained Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

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