White-breasted Waterhen, catching a meal

KevinFRK, 7 months ago

Where in the world does that come from? And that’s a nicely timed photo!

peachfaced, 7 months ago

Thanks! Couldn’t really tell but I’m assuming some kind of leech or worm

KevinFRK, 7 months ago

Ah, I meant which country was it taken in - I’m from the UK, and I don’t recognise the bird: most like one of our moorhens I supoose.

streetfestival, 7 months ago

White-breasted waterhens are found in South and Southeast Asia. They’re part of the rail family, like moorhens as you mentioned. I agree this is a really interesting/exotic looking bird. Its long legs and overall proportions aren’t like any birds I’ve seen in Canada

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_waterhen

peachfaced, 7 months ago

Ah I misunderstood. This photo was taken in Singapore, most of the pictures I have are from Asia and Australia.

streetfestival, 7 months ago

This made me chuckle :)