Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Description

Gallinula chloropus has a black overall body color with a bright red shield on the forehead. Young birds look more brown and do not have a red shield. The underside of the tail has two white spots. The short bill is opaque green with a red base. The irises are red and the legs are green.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

192-500 g

LENGTH

30-38 cm

Om

Omnivore

So

Solitary

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Gruiformes

FAMILY

:

Rallidae

GENUS

:

Gallinula

SPECIES

:

Gallinula chloropus

Distribution

Gallinula chloropus can be found in wetlands, swamps, lakes, ponds, ditches, rice fields, brackish ponds, and coastal seas. This bird is spread to an altitude of 1200 m above sea level.

Geography

Continent : Europe, Asia, Africa, America.

Country : Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Philippines, North Africa, Armenia, Bosnia, Georgia, Norway, Iceland, Greenland.

Habits and Lifestyle

Gallinula chloropus mostly lives in water and can dive for long periods of time. Often snaps tail on land or in water. Usually live in pairs or in flocks.

Lifestyle

Solitary

Biome

–

Climate Zone

Tropical or subtropical

Diet and Nutrition

Gallinula chloropus feeds on aquatic insects, small animals, and young plant shoots.

Diet : Omnivore

Mating Habits

The breeding season for this bird is November-July. The female lays 4-8 eggs. Incubation lasted for three weeks (21 days).

Reproduction session : –

Incubation periods: 21 days

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 4-8 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population threats​

The threat to this bird population is habitat loss.

Population number​

This bird population is declining but not close to the threshold of vulnerability, so it is categorized as a species of Least Concern in the IUCN Redlist.

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. Mandar Batu dalam Wikipedia Artikel
  2. Common Moorhen on the Wikipedia Article
  3. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus on The IUCN Redlist