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White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

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White-breasted waterhen with chicks

© Dato' Dr Amar-Singh HSS
White-breasted waterhen feeding young

© Shiva Shankar
White-breasted waterhen chick

© Dato' Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Adult white-breasted waterhen

© J.-L. Klein & M.-L. Hubert / Biosphoto
White-breasted waterhen portrait

© Ram Mallya
Adult white-breasted waterhen

© Choy Wai Mun
Adult white-breasted waterhen

© David Tipling / gettyimages.com
White-breasted waterhen wading

© David Hosking / www.flpa-images.co.uk
White-breasted waterhen wading in wetlands

© Michael Gore / www.flpa-images.co.uk
White-breasted waterhen hunting

© Jean-Paul Ferrero / www.ardea.com
White-breasted waterhen in flight

© Dato' Dr Amar-Singh HSS
White-breasted waterhens fighting

© Pathmanath Samaraweera
White-breasted waterhen defense behaviour

© David Bakewell / http://digdeep1962.blogspot.com/

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