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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.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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

Categoría

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Common

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Datos interesantes

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.

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 30-38 cm
Envergadura: 50-55 cm
Peso: 0.2-0.5 kg
Esperanza de vida: 3-10 años
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 5-11
Incubación: 19-22 días

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Aquatic plants
Seeds
Insects
Snails
Small fish
Berries

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Pies palmeados

Se caracteriza por tener los dedos conectados por una membrana, lo que generalmente ayuda a nadar.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Omnívoro

Este rasgo identifica organismos cuya dieta incluye tanto materia vegetal como animal.

Filtrador

Los filtradores obtienen nutrientes filtrando partículas de alimentos suspendidos y pequeños organismos del agua.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.