Common Gallinule (American), Gallinule galeata cachinnans, 14 in. / 35.56 cm. COMMON and widespread. Prefers water with emergent vegetation; edges of marshy pools or around lily pads.
Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States. Sweetwater Wetlands is a large, waste-water treatment facility surrounded by an industrial area.
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American Coot, Fulica americana, 15.5 in / 39.37 cm. COMMON on shallow ponds and lakes with submerged vegetation near the surface, often near stands of reeds or cattails.
Canoa Ranch Preservation Park, Pima County, Arizona, USA.
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Sora, Porzana Carolina, 8.75 in. Found in any wet, marshy habitat, especially cattail marshes and grassy marshes.
Arivaca Lake, Arivaca, Pima County, Arizona, USA.
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Takahe, Notornis, Porphyrio hochstetteri, 63 cm / 24.8 in. CRITICALLY ENDANGERED and once presumed extinct. Now intensely managed and has recovered to a population of just over 300 birds. VERY RARE and ENDEMIC A large flightless rail in tussockland and beech forest in mountains. INTRODUCED to Tiritiri Matanga and other predator-free islands.
Bird Sanctuary and Research Center, Tiritiri Matanga Island, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand.
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Black-tailed Native-hen, Tribonyx ventralis, 30 - 38 cm. / 11.8 - 14.96 in. ENDEMIC. Found near water, claypens, lignum swamps and dams.
Bendigo Wetlands, Bendigo, New South Wales, Australia.
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