Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Also known as: Eurasian Moorhen · Moorhen · COMO
Aves
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 5-10 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Pair
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- Worldwide
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Flight
- Status
- Common
About
A dark waterbird with a bright red-and-yellow bill shield, seen bobbing its head as it swims across ponds and marshes. Despite living on water, its long-toed feet are unwebbed, letting it walk easily across floating vegetation.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
- 2.hatchlingA naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Gallinula
- Species
- Gallinula chloropus