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Common Moorhen

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Common Moorhen

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Also known as Gallinula chloropus, Waterhen, Moorhen

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Common Moorhen (*Gallinula chloropus*) is a species of bird classified within the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. Its scientific name was established by Linnaeus in 1758, and the taxon is currently accepted. The species belongs to the genus *Gallinula* and is also referred to by the short name *G. chloropus*. Other common names include Teichhuhn, Gallineta común, and Gallinule poule-d’eau.

This freshwater inhabitant has a wingspan of 52 and a mass of 348. The average litter size is 5.8. The taxon range includes Hefei, Nanling Mountains, Africa, and Buriticupu. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2025.

Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

common moorhen

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderGruiformes
  4. FamilyRallidae
Habitatfreshwater

Teichralle mit Wurm Die Teichralle (Gallinula chloropus), auch Teichhuhn genannt, ist eine Vogelart aus der Gattung der Teichrallen (oder Teichhühner, Gallinula) in der Familie der Rallen (Rallidae). Sie kommt mit mindestens 16 Unterarten in den gemäßigten, subtropischen und tropischen Klimazonen Eurasiens sowie Afrikas vor. Die europäische Brutpopulation wird auf mindestens 900.000 Paare geschätzt. In den meisten Staaten Europas sind die Bestände stabil. In Deutschland wurden jedoch in den letzten Jahren erhebliche Bestandsrückgänge und Arealeinbußen festgestellt, so dass die Teichralle hier zurzeit (ab 2006) in der Vorwarnstufe der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten geführt wird.

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Encyclopedic overview

The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the waterhen, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae). It is distributed across many parts of the Old World, across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests; generally it is one of the most common Old World rail species, together with the Eurasian coot in some regions.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Common Moorhen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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