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White-browed Crake

(Amaurornis [Porzana] cinerea)
Alternate name(s): "Marsh Crake*", "Little Crake*"
Size: 18-20 cm
Weight: 45-60 g
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See White-browed Crake at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of an adult White-browed Crake in a swamp (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR, NT, July 2013]

Frontal view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Near-frontal view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, November 2020]

Near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, November 2020]

Near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of J. Boettcher, FNQ Nature Tours)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, November 2020]

Near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR, NT, July 2013]

Near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Horseshoe Lagoon, Hodel Road, Burdekin, QLD, September 2020]

Close-up near-lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, August 2023]

Lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Fogg Dam NR, NT, July 2013]

Lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of P. Brown)
[Palmerston Golf Course, Palmerston, NT, December 2019]

Lateral view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

2 lateral views of the same White-browed Crake, demonstrating how much duller they look in the shade than in sunshine
(photos courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, August 2023]

White-browed Crake picking something off a plant (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, August 2023]

Near-dorsal view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

Near-dorsal view of a White-browed Crake (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Tyto Wetlands, Ingham, QLD, September 2020]

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