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White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus · Family Rallidae
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Family Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 739,471
- Countries and territories with records
- 47
About this species
This species has 739,471 occurrence records from 47 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (56.2%), Taiwan (18.3%), Thailand (5.8%), Singapore (4.3%) and Sri Lanka (3.6%); together they account for 88.3% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.68% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Amaurornis phoenicurus combines the genus name Amaurornis with the species epithet phoenicurus. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Amaurornis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Amaurornis olivacea, Amaurornis isabellina and Amaurornis magnirostris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 122 species of the family Rallidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Fulica americana. Its record count is 3 times the family average (243,573). The family Rallidae belongs to the order Gruiformes, which has 150 species in the Warbla app catalog.