"From time to time I get a query about an unusual waterhen people have seen. It's usually described as dark, with red legs — and a cocked tail that makes it look 'like a little '. Some say they have seen it far from water. Most agree that 'it runs like hell'. Over the years I've had more technical enquiries, but there's not the slightest doubt the bird in question in this case is that peculiarly Australian creation, the black-tailed native-hen ('), a species of small ."
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Graham Pizzey
(4 July 1930 – 12 November 2001) was an Australian , journalist, , , and . He was appointed in 1977 a Member of the for services to conservation and ornithology and in 1986 was awarded the . His book ' went through several editions and is widely regarded as a classic of its genre.
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