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
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KevinFRK@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Where in the world does that come from? And that's a nicely timed photo!
peachfaced@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Thanks! Couldn't really tell but I'm assuming some kind of leech or worm
KevinFRK@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
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.
peachfaced@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Ah I misunderstood. This photo was taken in Singapore, most of the pictures I have are from Asia and Australia.
streetfestival@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_waterhen
streetfestival@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
This made me chuckle :)
xc2215x@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
That is quite a neat bird there. Hadn't heard of it before.