Rails, Crakes & Coots
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the waterhen and as the swamp chicken) is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World.
- Family
- Rails, Crakes & Coots
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Weight
- 340 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 176
Recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain, France, Taiwan, Sweden, Belgium, India, South Africa, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Canada, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Israel, China, Norway, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico, Ireland, Turkey, Switzerland, Czechia, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Greece, Poland, Thailand, Japan, Cuba, Bahamas, BM, Ecuador, Bulgaria, KY, Dominican Rep., Panama, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Uruguay, Philippines, Isle of Man, Kenya, Ukraine, Chile, Cyprus, GP, Hungary, Serbia, Barbados, Honduras, Namibia, Costa Rica, Republic of Korea, AW, Finland, Venezuela, Egypt, Jamaica, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Curaçao, Oman, Croatia, Trinidad and Tobago, Estonia, Bolivia, Zimbabwe, Romania, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Iran, Tanzania, VI, Nepal, Kuwait, Slovenia, Malaysia, Slovakia, Belize, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, Paraguay, RE, MF, Grenada, Antigua and Barb., BQ, Vietnam, Pakistan, SC, Senegal, Zambia, SX, Botswana, Uganda, Ghana, Ethiopia, Belarus, Qatar, Haiti, Singapore, North Macedonia, Rwanda, Moldova, Cambodia, Bangladesh, MO, Algeria, El Salvador, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Albania, MP, MS, Saint Lucia, Gambia, Malta, Jordan, Palestine, Lithuania, Myanmar, KN, JE, Armenia, Iraq, Mozambique, AI, Nigeria, Guam, TC, Tunisia, Cabo Verde, Montenegro, eSwatini, MQ, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Lebanon, Laos, GG, Latvia, Lesotho, Mongolia, Bahrain, VG, Bosnia and Herz., XK, St. Vin. and Gren., GF, Dominica, Sao Tome and Principe, Uzbekistan, Cameroon, Benin, Tajikistan, Palau, Malawi, Angola, Burkina Faso, IO, Afghanistan, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iceland, Togo, BL.
Where to see it: Starts Resort. (Guam); RN de l'Étang de Saint-Paul (Réunion); Dzia Landzé (Comoros); Dziani Karihani (Lac Karihani) (Mayotte); Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden (Mauritius).
