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+{{Short description|Species of bird}}
 | name = White-breasted waterhen
 | status = LC
 | status_system = IUCN3.1
-| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22692640/0 |title=''Amaurornis phoenicurus'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref>
+| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Amaurornis phoenicurus'' |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |article-number=e.T22692640A95217833 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692640A95217833.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
 | image = Amaurornis phoenicurus - Singapore Botanic Gardens.jpg
 | image_caption = Adult in [[Singapore]]
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 | genus = Amaurornis
 | species = phoenicurus
-| authority = [[Thomas Pennant|Pennant]], 1769
+| authority = ([[Thomas Pennant|Pennant]], 1769)
 | synonyms = ''Erythra phoenicura''
 |range_map = White-breasted Waterhen.JPG
 |range_map_caption = {{legend0|#C6514A|approximate range|outline=gray}}
 }}
-== References ==
+The '''white-breasted waterhen''' ('''''Amaurornis phoenicurus''''') is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, [[Rallidae]], that is widely distributed across [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly. They are somewhat bolder than most other rails and are often seen stepping slowly with their tail cocked upright in open marshes or even drains near busy roads. They are largely [[crepuscular]] in activity and during the breeding season, just after the first rains, make loud and repetitive croaking calls.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/07/top-25-wild-bird-photographs-of-the-week-23/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170507220612/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/07/top-25-wild-bird-photographs-of-the-week-23/ | archive-date = May 7, 2017 | first = S. | last = Boyes | title = Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #23 | date =2012 | work = National Geographic Voices | publisher = National Geographic Society | access-date = July 15, 2017}}</ref>
-{{biology-stub}}
+==Description==
-[[Category:Birds of Asia]]
+Several subspecies are named for the populations that are widely distributed. The nominate subspecies is described from Sri Lanka but is often widened to include ''chinensis'' of mainland India and adjoining regions in Asia, west to Arabia and east nearly to Japan. The remaining subspecies are those from islands and include ''insularis'' of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ''midnicobaricus'' of the central Nicobars, ''leucocephala'' of Car Nicobar, ''maldivus'' of the Maldives, ''javanicus'' of Java and ''leucomelanus'' of Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas.<ref name=pcr>{{cite book|author1=Rasmussen, P.C.  |author2=Anderton, J.C.  |name-list-style=amp |year=2005| title= Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide |volume=2 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions|page=142}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Abdulali, H. |year=1964 |title=Four new races of birds from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands| journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume= 61| issue=2| pages=410–417 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48072973}}</ref>
-[[Category:Rallidae]]
-[[Category:National symbols of the Maldives]]
+==Distribution and habitat==
-[[Category:Former provincial symbols of East Bengal (Pakistan)]]
+Their breeding habitat is [[marsh]]es across tropical [[Asia]] from [[Pakistan]] east to [[Indonesia]]. They are mainly seen in the plains but have been known from the higher hills such as in Nainital (1300m) and the High Range (1500m) in Kerala.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Robertson, A. |year=1990| title= Some altitudinal records of birds from the High Range, Kerala| journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume= 87|issue=3|page=456|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48807184}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Smetacek, V. |year=1974| title= On the increasing occurrence of typically plains-birds in the Kumaon hills| journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume=71| issue=2|pages=299–302|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48286499}}</ref> These large {{cvt|32|cm}} long rails are permanent residents throughout their range. They make short distance movements and are known to colonize new areas. They have been noted as some of the early colonizers on the volcanic island of [[Rakata]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/BF00177240|title=The birds of Anak Krakatau: the assembly of an avian community |year=1992 |last1=Zann|first1=R.A.|last2=Darjono|journal=GeoJournal|volume=28|issue=2|page=261 |bibcode=1992GeoJo..28..261Z |s2cid=84431557 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Wilson Journal of Ornithology |volume= 122| issue=4| pages=784–788| year=2010| doi= 10.1676/10-012.1| title=Range Expansion of the White-breasted Waterhen (''Amaurornis phoenicurus'') into Micronesia |author1=Buden, D.W. |author2=Retogral, S. |s2cid= 86755225|name-list-style=amp }}</ref> Although most often found near freshwater, they are also found near brackish water and even the seashore when there is no freshwater as on the volcanic Barren Island in the Andamans.<ref name=hbk/>

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{{speciesbox
| name = White-breasted waterhen
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22692640/0 |title=''Amaurornis phoenicurus'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref>
| image = Amaurornis phoenicurus - Singapore Botanic Gardens.jpg
| image_caption = Adult in [[Singapore]]
| image2 = AmaurornisPhoenicurusCall.ogg
| image2_caption = Call at dusk, Bangalore
| genus = Amaurornis
| species = phoenicurus
| authority = [[Thomas Pennant|Pennant]], 1769
| synonyms = ''Erythra phoenicura''
|range_map = White-breasted Waterhen.JPG
|range_map_caption = {{legend0|#C6514A|approximate range|outline=gray}}
}}
The '''white-breasted waterhen''' (''Amaurornis phoenicurus'') is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, [[Rallidae]], that is widely distributed across [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]].

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