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Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Polla Gris
Galinha-d´agua
Family: Rallidae
Order: Gruiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Fulica chloropus.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 616151
  Juvenile
Ciudad de El Cabo
Cabo Occidental
South Africa
10/11/2023
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 582515
 Cape Town
Cabo Occidental
South Africa
10/11/2023
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 113725
  Adult
Roodeport
Gauteng
South Africa
07/04/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
221570211/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalCiudad de El CaboLuis Cesar Tejo
192396911/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalIntaka Island Hide, Cape Town4Luis Cesar Tejo
192382911/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalIntaka Island Hide, Cape Town4Daniela Espinosa
114793925/11/2019South AfricaGautengWalter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, Johannesburgo2Luis Cesar Tejo
32706504/07/2015South AfricaGautengWalter Sisulu Botanical Garden, RoodeportLuis Cesar Tejo
4107317/11/2010South AfricaCabo OrientalElephant Addo National ParkCarmelo López Abad
4015809/11/2010South AfricaMpumalangaWakkerstroomCarmelo López Abad
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 17/03/2026.