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Species factsheet

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Order: Gallinula chloropus
Family: Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae)

Danish name: Grønbenet Rørhøne

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

chloropus
Europe and n Africa to Japan and se Asia
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meridionalis
Africa south of the Sahara, St. Helena
 
pyrrhorrhoa
Madagascar, Reunion, Mauritius and Comoros Is.
 
orientalis
Seychelles, Andamans, Malay Pen., Indonesia and Philippines
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guami
n Mariana Is.
 


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