Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae). Most species are placed in the genus...

The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae). It is distributed...

The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus. It occurs in...

The Tristan moorhen (Gallinula nesiotis) is an extinct species of flightless rail endemic to the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha. It was very...

The Gough moorhen (Gallinula comeri) is a medium-sized, almost flightless bird that is similar to the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), but is smaller...

The lesser moorhen (Paragallinula angulata) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is sometimes placed into the genus Gallinula. It is the only...

The moorhen flea (Dasypsyllus gallinulae) is a flea originating from South America. It is now globally widespread. It is a large flea, easily identified...

ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Moorhen, after the moorhen, a water bird: HMS Moorhen (1875) was a Forester-class composite screw gunboat...

The purple swamphen has been split into the following species: Western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, southwest Europe and northwest Africa African swamphen...

variously known as the Hawaiian common gallinule, Hawaiian moorhen, Hawaiian common moorhen, mudhen, or ‘alae ‘ula (“burnt forehead” - for its prominent...

The Makira woodhen (Gallinula silvestris), also known as the Makira moorhen or kia, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to the...

The Samoan woodhen (Gallinula pacifica), also known as Samoan wood rail, is a nearly flightless rail endemic to the Samoan island of Savai'i that is Critically...

species) Tribonyx – nativehens (2 species) Paragallinula – lesser moorhen Gallinula – moorhens (5 living species, 2 recently extinct) Fulica – coots (10 living...

galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated...

Ceratophyllomorpha (inc. the Ceratophyllidae, such as the widespread moorhen flea)...

Moorhen chick being fed regurgitated food by an adult...

pacifica Makira woodhen, Gallinula silvestris Tristan moorhen, Gallinula nesiotis † Gough Island moorhen, Gallinula comeri Tasmanian native hen, Tribonyx mortierii...

Calayan rail (Aptenorallus calayanensis) is a flightless bird of the rail, moorhen, and coot family (Rallidae) that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines...

Common moorhen coronavirus HKU21 is a species of coronavirus in the genus Deltacoronavirus. "International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 2019...

chloropus and Fulica fusca, related waterbirds commonly known as common moorhens Heliornis fulica, an unrelated species commonly known as the sungrebe This...

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prey whole. It has been known to take large waterbirds such as the common moorhen. It is also able to crawl on dry ground to escape drying pools. Further...

marinus), small clutch Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), typical clutch Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), small clutch Lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina)...

starlings, Makira thrushes and mottled flowerpeckers. The Makira woodhen, or moorhen, has not been seen since 1953; the thick-billed ground dove has not been...

tundra bean goose, whooper swan, great crested grebe, little grebe common moorhen, Eurasian coot, and white-breasted waterhen all inhabit the province. Herons...

birds of the Tristan Archipelago (except the Tristan moorhen Gallinula nesiotis and the Gough moorhen G. comeri), it had probably reached the island from...

Orinocco goose Trumpeter swan pair Scaly-sided merganser Black-necked grebe Moorhen Coot Mallard Kingfisher Teal Canada goose Common shelduck Greylag goose...

however, result in higher mortality rates. The species is parasitised by the moorhen flea (Dasypsyllus gallinulae) and the acanthocephalan Apororhynchus silesiacus...

separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula. The Porphyrio gallinules are distributed in the warmer...

the world, is found only on Inaccessible Island. In 1956, eight Gough moorhens were released at Sandy Point on Tristan and have subsequently colonised...