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Sighting 4400619

Gallinula tenebrosa

2 Dusky Moorhen at Splitters Creek, NSW

Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
Gallinula tenebrosa at Splitters Creek, NSW - 16 Oct 2021 09:09 AM
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Identification history

Gallinula tenebrosa 19 Oct 2021 Liam.m
Gallinula tenebrosa 19 Oct 2021 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

These chicks were so small! They made slow hard work over the floating weed. The parent birds were having difficulty keeping them altogether

2 comments

Darcy wrote:
   19 Oct 2021
Baby duskies are so cute :)
KylieWaldon wrote:
   19 Oct 2021
I agree totally. I had my mum with me and she was in raptures.

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Additional information

  • True Nesting site

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
  • 272 images trained Machine learning

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