Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
- tidak umum
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A bold rail that walks in plain view across paddy bunds with its tail flicking and its white face shining like a flag. The dawn cackle from a roadside ditch is almost always this bird.
- Populasi
- Global population size and trend are formally listed as unknown/not quantified; species is described elsewhere as common to abundant across its Asian range, with the very large range size (~39-44 million km2) being the basis for its Least Concern status rather than a numeric count
- Habitat
- Freshwater marshes, mangroves, reedbeds, and dense waterside undergrowth; also rice paddies, grasslands, orchards, parks, and gardens near ponds, streams, and ditches, from lowlands up to about 1500 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Unusually bold for a rail, the White-breasted Waterhen is often seen walking with its short tail cocked upright across open lawns, garden edges, and even roadside drains rather than staying hidden in dense cover.
- Sebaran
- Resident and locally migratory across South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan and India through southern China, Taiwan, the Ryukyus and Japan, south through Indochina to the Philippines, Indonesia (Bali) and the Maldives/Sri Lanka; range is expanding northward into Japan/Korea and eastward into Micronesia
- Makanan
- Omnivorous forager: insects and spiders (especially beetles), small fish, aquatic invertebrates (worms, snails), plus grains, seeds, and shoots/roots of marsh plants; often washes food in water before eating
- Ukuran
- 0,3 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,5 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,4 tahun
