Kreo Padi | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus
Species: White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
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Added to IBC: 14 Apr 2015 - 14:58
Author:
Added to IBC: 14 Apr 2015 - 14:58
Taxonomy: Gallinula phoenicurus Pennant, 1769, Sri Lanka
Considerable individual variation in size and plumage renders determination of subspecies difficult, leading to various treatments. Here, possible races chinensis (much of mainland range from India E to E China) and javanica (Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas) included within nominate owing to overlap in measurements, but may well be valid; proposed race maldiva (Maldive Is) also subsumed within nominate, leucocephalus (Car Nicobar) within insularis, and variabilis (Sulawesi) inleucomelana. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
A. p. phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769) – Pakistan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka to E China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is, Bonin Is and Japan, and S through SE Asia and Philippines to Greater Sundas, Christmas I and Cocos (Keeling) Is; N populations winter to S, ranging W to Arabia. Currently expanding N into Japan and Korea, and E into Micronesia (Cocos, Yap).
A. p. insularis Sharpe, 1894 – Andaman Is and Nicobar Is (except C Nicobars).
A. p. midnicobarica Abdulali, 1978 – C Nicobar Is.
A. p. leucomelana (S. Müller, 1842) – Sulawesi, W Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
Birds from Sangihe and Talaud Is (NE of Sulawesi) normally included in nominate race, but may be closer to other Sulawesi forms; further study needed
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Altitude (m):
10 meters
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