Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Least Concern

The Eurasian Moorhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across the species' range. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

Eurasian Moorhen Range — Resident or seasonal range in freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across the species' range

Population

≈ 2M–20M

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