Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) - HBW 3, p. 182
French: Râle à poitrine blanche
German: Weißbrust-Kielralle
Spanish: Gallineta Pechiblanca
Taxonomy: Gallinula phoenicurus Pennant, 1769, Sri Lanka.
Possible races chinensis and javanicus included within nominate due to overlapping measurements, but may well be valid. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769) - Pakistan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka to E China, Taiwan and Ryukyu Is, and S through SE Asia and Philippines to Greater Sundas; N populations winter to S, ranging W to Arabia. Currently expanding N into Japan.
- insularis Sharpe, 1894 - Andaman and Nicobar Is.
- midnicobaricus Abdulali, 1978 - C Nicobar Is.
- leucomelanus (S. Müller, 1842) - Sulawesi, W Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult foraging on a road. Locality Masinagudi-Ooty Road, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp phoenicurus)
Josep del Hoyo 10 December 2009 1 year ago 50 sec 4.3 -
A close view of a bird swimming and foraging in a ditch. Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp phoenicurus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding in the water an then on the ground. Locality Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore (ssp phoenicurus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 November 2009 1 year ago 43 sec 4.2 -
An adult stretching its wing and preening Locality Pemuteran, Bali (Indonesia) (ssp leucomelanus)
Philip Griffin 10 September 2005 5 years ago 32 sec 4.1 -
An adult bird foraging. Locality Botanical Gardens, Singapore (ssp phoenicurus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 February 2010 1 year ago 36 sec 4 -
A chick walking and then an adult Locality Nusa Dua, Bali (Indonesia) (ssp leucomelanus)
Philip Griffin 5 September 2005 5 years ago 21 sec 4
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water hen on a cloudy day.
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
vinaydarbal 1 year ago 4.2 -
On the lake shore
Locality Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 2 January 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird amongst water hyacinths...
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 15 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
A bird in profile
Locality Betthatty, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 17 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
A standing bird.
Locality National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan
alder 25 June 2008 3 years ago 4 -
White-breasted Waterhen wondering on a grassland
Locality Singapore
William IP 4 January 2012 5 weeks ago 3.7
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Musical beatlike calls Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Courtship calls Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2003 2 years ago 4 -
A bird vocalizing. Locality Chidiya Tapu Biological Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar
(ssp phoenicurus)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2009 1 year ago 3 -
Mixed calls Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 September 2003 2 years ago 3 -
Short 'quik' calls of a bird in a ditch Locality Kumarakom, Kerala, India
(ssp phoenicurus)
Stuart Fisher 10 February 2006 2 years ago 3
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