Common Moorhen Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Gallinula chloropus
Family : Rallidae
Order : Gruiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Moorhen, Waterhen, Indian Gallinule
Habitat : Wetlands
Description : The Common Moorhen is a small blackish-grey swamp-bird with a red and yellow bill and long toes (adult bird length approximately 33cm, wing 16 cm, bill 4 cm, tarsus 5 cm, tail 6 cm). It looks dark olive-brown from above and slaty-grey from below. It has a blackish head and neck and red irises. It feeds on fruits, seeds, and shoots of aquatic plants, insects, larvae, molluscs, frogs and small fishes. It breeds in May-August.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Rallus indicus
(Eastern Water (Brown-cheeked) Rail) -
Porphyrio porphyrio
(Purple Swamphen) -
Fulica atra
(Common Coot) -
Zapornia fusca
(Ruddy‑breasted Crake) -
Rallina eurizonoides
(Slaty-legged Crake) -
Gallicrex cinerea
(Watercock) -
Zapornia akool
(Brown Crake) -
Amaurornis phoenicurus
(White‑breasted Waterhen)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:guus van duin(www.xeno-canto.org/guus van duin), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:guus van duin(www.xeno-canto.org/guus van duin), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.