GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Eulabeornis castaneoventris  

Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris)
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© Kay Parkin 2012
Darwin, NT (Sep, 2012)

Ensuring that the tide was going out I waded into the crocodile infested mangroves and waited for 90 minutes before getting a thirty second view across the river at Buffalo Creek.

Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris)

Chestnut Rail

Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris)

Chestnut Rail