Pale-vented bush-hen

Pale-vented bush-hen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Amaurornis
Species:
A. moluccana
Binomial name
Amaurornis moluccana
(Wallace, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Amaurornis moluccanus

The pale-vented bush-hen (Amaurornis moluccana) is a medium sized waterbird, mainly blue-grey with a buff vent and undertail. It is found in Australia, the Moluccan Islands, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Amaurornis moluccana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692632A93361951. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692632A93361951.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.