Gough Moorhen

Gallinula comeri

Critically Endangered

The Gough Moorhen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Gough Island in the South Atlantic. 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

Gough Moorhen Range — Resident or seasonal range in Gough Island in the South Atlantic

Population

≈ 1K-2.5K

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