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| | Scientific name: Gallinula mortierii
Size: 43 - 45cm
Status: Locally common.
Diet: Plant shoots and various insects.
Habitat: Grassy areas usually by water.
Breeding: Usually two broods per year and lays four to nine eggs in a cup shaped nest of reeds and grasses.
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| | Tasmanian Native-hen
/Tasmanian+Native-hen/$File/Tasmanian+Native-hen.jpg) Fossils found on the mainland showing evidence that the Tasmanian Native hen once lived on the mainland of Australia |
