White Breasted Waterhen Rail Crake Water Hen

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Hi friends, today in this video lets learn about the White-Breasted Waterhen. White-breasted Waterhens live near freshwater marshes and in habitats with dense undergrowth. They are very common along mangroves, reedbeds, grasslands, ricefields, orchards, parks and gardens. • 00:00 Intro • 00:08 White-Breasted Waterhen • White-Breasted Waterhens are WATERBIRDs OF THE RAIL AND CRAKE FAMILY, WIDELY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS SOUTH SOUTHEAST ASIA. They measure 25 to 35 cm in length, weighs 160 to 330 grams, and their clutch size is 6-8 eggs. They can be identified by the Dark-Grey Upperparts, White Face, Breast and Belly. The Lower Belly Under Tail is Cinnamon coloured. • THEY HAVE A SHORT TAIL, OLIVE-YELLOW BEAK WITH A RED KNOB AT the BASE OF THEIR NOSTRILS, AND have YELLOWISH LEGS. • SEXES OF THESE MARSH BIRDS ARE SIMILAR BUT FEMALES MEASURE SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN the MALES. • THEY NEST IN A DRY LOCATION ON THE GROUND IN between the MARSH VEGETATION, LAYING 6-8 EGGS which HATCHES IN ABOUT 19 DAYS. Their NESTING SEASON IS MAINLY from JUNE TO OCTOBER. • IMMATURE BIRDS ARE MUCH DULLER VERSION OF THE ADULT birds. • UNLIKE ADULTS, CHICKS HAVE BLACK BEAK AND LEGS • THE CHICKS OFTEN DIVE DOWN UNDERWATER TO ESCAPE from PREDATION. • MANY RAILS ARE VERY SECRETIVE, BUT WHITE-BREASTED WATERHENS ARE OFTEN SEEN OUT IN THE OPEN • MAINLY they EAT INSECTS (ESPECIALLY BEETLES), SMALL FISH (which are CAREFULLY WASHED IN WATER), AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES AND GRAINS OR SEEDS • THEY FLY ONLY WHEN NECESSARY WITH DANGLING LEGS AND OUTSTRETCHED NECK. USUALLY THEY GLIDE ALONG AT SLOW SPEED FOR A FEW METRES, BEFORE RAPIDLY LANDING, BECAUSE OF THEIR HUGE, HEAVY FEET • DESPITE BEING CALLED WATERHEN THEY ARE NOT GOOD SWIMMERS • THEY CAN BE NOISY ESPECIALLY AT DAWN AND DUSK, WITH LOUD CROAKY CALLS • USUALLY SEEN FORAGING CLOSE TO WATERBODIES IN PAIRS • PREFERRED HABITATS ARE SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL MANGROVE FORESTS, WETLANDS, MARSHES, DENSE SWAMPS, REEDBEDS AND PADDY FIELDS • THEY ARE SILENT BIRDS BUT NOISY DURING BREEDING SEASONS, AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN THEIR RANGE • USUALLY they can be SEEN EFFORTLESSLY WALKING ON LARGE floating LOTUS LEAVES, IF THREATENED, THEY QUICKLY make a DIVE TO TAKE COVER • • 03:49 Outro • #WhiteBreastedWaterhen #Waterhen #Crake #Rail Rail Crake White Breasted Water Hen Dhauk Dauk Gur-gu-aa Gurguaa Vo-Kurwak Vokurwak Daahuka Pankombadi Kanbili Hundukoli Kaanaangkozi Kaanaangkozhi Kaanaangkoli Koli Kozhi #IndianBirds #NativeAnimals Native Animals Animal Bird Indian Bird Indian Birds Desi Bird Desi Birds Pakshi YouTube Education You Tube Awareness • Fauna of India: • Video • Information Sources: Internet • Documentation: Amrita L Kutuva and Hansen Thambi Prem • Technical Support: Rohan Prem Hansen • Video Editing Software: https://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/... • Intro and Outro: https://www.velosofy.com; https://placeit.net/ • Number Background Sound: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/... • Background Music: / @nativeanimals

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