Birds of the World

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Gallinula (5 species)


Common Moorhen
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus chloropus)
Range: PAL, AF, IO, OR, PO: widespread
Holland  
   
Photograph by Andrej Chudy     Copyright and usage info


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Gough Moorhen (Gallinula comeri) Vulnerable
Range: AO: Gough Is.
 



Common Gallinule
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
Range: NA, SA, PO: widespread
Easterlin County Park, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common Gallinule
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Immature
Range: NA, SA, PO: widespread
Easterlin County Park, Florida,  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Makira Woodhen (Gallinula silvestris)
Range: AU: Makira (se Solomon Is.; perhaps extinct)
 



Dusky Moorhen
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa)
Range: AU: Wallacea, New Guinea, e Australia, Tasmania, New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) and New Caledonia
Daintree Village, Queensland, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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