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Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

The Common Moorhen is a small bird that loves to live near water. It has a bright red beak and a funny way of walking. You can often see it swimming or walking around in wetlands.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Common Moorhen has a striking red frontal shield and bill with a yellow tip, contrasting with its dark slate-grey body. It features white stripes on its flanks and a white undertail, which it often flicks as it walks or swims.

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Common Moorhen
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Common Moorhen

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Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A moorhen chick can swim just hours after hatching, even before its down is fully dry!

Moorhen parents often build several 'dummy' nests, perhaps to confuse predators.

The brightest red on a moorhen's beak usually means it's a healthy, dominant bird!

They sometimes use old nests of other birds, like coots, to lay their eggs.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underwater Escape

Common Moorhen can dive swiftly underwater and swim to safety, evading airborne predators like hawks.

Fähigkeit

Water Strider Toes

Common Moorhen has exceptionally long toes that help them walk effortlessly on floating lily pads and soft mud.

Fähigkeit

Surfing Runner

Common Moorhen can run across the water's surface for short bursts, using its large feet to 'skip' before taking flight.

Maße und Details

Länge
30-38 cm
Flügelspannweite
50-55 cm
Gewicht
0.2-0.5 kg
Lebenserwartung
3-10 Jahre
Top Speed
50 km/h
Gelegegröße
5-11
Brutzeit
19-22 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These clever birds eat a mix of plants and small creatures they find near water.

Hauptnahrung

  • Aquatic plants
  • Seeds
  • Insects
  • Snails
  • Small fish
  • Berries

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Young moorhens are often prey for opportunistic herons.

eats

Great Diving Beetle

Dytiscus marginalis

Moorhens actively forage for these aquatic insects and their larvae.

depends on

Broadleaf Cattail

Typha latifolia

Moorhens use these tall reeds for nesting cover and shelter.

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Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Moorhen?

30-38 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Moorhen?

50-55 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Moorhen?

0.2-0.5 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Moorhen?

3-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Moorhen?

50 km/h

Was frisst Common Moorhen?

These clever birds eat a mix of plants and small creatures they find near water.

Wo findet man Common Moorhen normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Common Moorhen?

Foraging

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