Common Moorhen
CommonGBIF 0.8·Dongniao Rarity Index3.38
Common Moorhen（学名：Gallinula chloropus），是鹤形目秧鸡科水鸡属的鸟类。又名: 红冠水鸡、红骨顶、红鸟、江鸡，中型涉禽。其嘴部鲜红，尖端黄色，脚绿色，全身大致黑色。在全球广泛分布，北纬32度以南越冬。常见于湖泊、池塘及运河，不善飞，起飞前需在水上助跑较长距离。被列入国家三有保护鸟类。
Common Moorhen
30 - 38 cm. Distinguished from closely-related Dusky Moorhen by strong white line along flanks, entirely green legs. Dusky Moorhen has no white along flanks (occasionally shows traces of white) and orange-red legs and feet.
- Other name
- Eurasian Moorhen.
- Voice
- Contact call a loud single 'krrrrik', 'kurrr-ik' and 'kurk', sometimes repeated or run-together. Similar to that of Dusky Moorhen, but is more trilled (rolled ?r?).
- Habitat
- Any fresh, permanent or emphemeral, natural or artificial bodies of water with plant cover; occasionally brackish water. Avoids very open sites.
- Range & Status
- Global temperate and tropical regions except Australasia; ranges thought to be sympatric with Dusky Moorhen in parts of Wallacia. Very rare vagrant to Australian territory: 1 record of adult and juvenile on Cocos (Keeling) Is in 2009.
