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  • Eurasian Moorhen, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Erik Eckstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Eurasian Moorhen, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Alessio Botti, all rights reserved

  • Eurasian Moorhen, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Charon Özcan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Eurasian Moorhen, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Charos Pix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Eurasian Moorhen, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Alexis Lours, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Eurasian Moorhen, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Radu Teodoreanu, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Worldwide
137,476 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

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.

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