Wednesday, November 12, 2014

COMMON MOORHEN


351            COMMON MOORHEN       Gallinule chloropus

South Africa           (44)

Also known as the Swamp Chicken. Found well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. Ranges from NW Europe to North Africa and eastward to Siberia and from humid regions of Indian sub-continent and SE Asia to Japan. 30-38 cm.


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