- English Common Name
- Common Moorhen
- Scientific name
- Gallinula chloropus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Gruiformes, Family: Rallidae
- Size
- About 32 cm
- Species Distribution
- Southern Mainland Europe, Southern Asia, Africa, Madagascar Islands, Southern North America, northern and middle parts of South America
- Okinawan Common Name
- Kumirah
- This species is residing in Okinawa. Its legs are thick with long toes which allow the bird to walk in morasses. The forehead, where lined with its beak, has a red shield.
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- Updated November 2017
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