Observations on Swamphens Breeding near Manjimup, W.A.
| Posted: |
02/11/2021 |
| Author(s): |
M. N. Brown, R. J. Brown |
Observations of a breeding pair of Swamphens,
Porhpyrio porphyrio, breeding near
Manjimup, 480 km south of Perth, during 1976/77 are presented. After hatching the
male constructs a nursery nest (Ridpath 1971) in a tussock of grass or amongst some
reeds in a situation more easily accessible to the chicks where they can be brooded
at night or at times during the day. Two or three of these nursery nests may be built
at different sites within the territory, perhaps, to lesson the risk of predation.
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