Baillon's crake
This tiny crake that breeds in wet sedge marshes and bogs has truly world wide credentials. Found in Eurasia, wintering in Africa and South Asia with resident colonies in Africa and Australasia. There is even a single North American record of this species on Attu Island in September 2000.
I found it foraging quietly on the edge of a roadside pond outside Melbourne. 😊
Scientific Name: Zapornia pusilla
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Date photographed: November 2024
Location: Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Wyndham, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Info sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baillon%27s_crake & https://ebird.org/species/baicra1
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