Rail

Breeds July-December. A bowl shaped nest is constructed on a platform of trampled reeds, water ribbons and cumbungi. All family members including previous young assist with the incubation and care of the young.

Breeds August-March. A bulky shallow nest is built in rushes or reeds or on floating platforms in open water. May also nest in branches or stumps of waterside trees. In the breeding season, breeding groups of up to 7 birds form. All members of the group assist with incubation of the eggs and feeding the young.

Breeding season: August to December, and in response to rain. Clutch size is five to seven. Usually breeds near water and breeds rapidly when conditions are favourable. Nest is cup-shape, made from stalks, twigs and leaves and lined with grasses and feathers.

Breeding season: September to February. Clutch size is five to eight. Nests in long grass, tussocks, rushes and crops. It makes an unlined cup-shaped nest of grasses or reeds. Both sexes incubate the eggs. Young leave the nest within 24 hours.