GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Tribonyx ventralis  

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)
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© Vik Dunis 2010
Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, VIC (Nov, 2010)

A Black-tailed Native-hen feeding along the edge of Lake Hattah.

Two juveniles nearby tended to keep closer to the cover of vegetation.

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Juvenile Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Juvenile Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen

Black-tailed Native-hen (Tribonyx ventralis)

Black-tailed Native-hen