Talk:Common moorhen

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Wikipedia's map of the worldwide distribution of this bird shows that it's not found at any time of the year in Canada or the US Upper Midwest, whereas the text says it lives there in summer and migrates south for winter. The map also shows the bird living year-round in the pure desert region of western Oman and eastern Yemen, which I have my doubts about.

Intro

The introductory paragraph is just, well, badly composed. It needs to be re-written for clarity-- so it makes sense to people who know nothing about gallinules or moorhens or bird committees. Also, the very first section (about name confusion) doesn't add any clarity-- it's just going to cause name confusion, not correct it. That whole section should be deleted or moved to the end of the article. 72.16.122.174 (talk) 19:05, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What?

"They fight over territories and also hop around Lily pads." - quite a funny image, but not sure what 'hop around Lily pads' means! Lionfish0 (talk) 07:47, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Range

I have seen a bird that looks exactly like this in Florida, United States. Is there a similar species in the Americas? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.176.84.243 (talk) 20:49, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Claws on Wings in Young Chicks

I have observed that young chicks (from recently dead specimens) have one or two claws on their wings. As personal observations are not RS, is this supported in reliable sources? Is tthere any eplanation of the funtion ofclaws in these birds? Barney Bruchstein (talk) 19:03, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Barney Bruchstein, see the common gallinule article which has "When threatened, the young may cling to a parent's body, after which the adult birds fly away to safety, carrying their offspring with them." That cites a couple of sources though neither is on-line at the moment. The ebird page https://ebird.org/species/comgal1 has a video dated 13 Jun 2017 showing the claws you observed but not an example of the chicks climbing onto the parent much less the parent flying while carrying chicks.

I don't think it's common for a parent common moorhen or common gallinule to carry their chicks as I'm not finding pictures or videos of this behavior. It seems unusual enough that people would be taking pictures/video if they observed it. --Marc Kupper|talk 18:14, 4 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird species in the rail family, Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World, from Africa to Europe and Asia. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. A midsized to large rail, the common moorhen ranges in length from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and spans 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. It gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened. This common moorhen was photographed in the Parc des Chanteraines near Gennevilliers in the suburbs of Paris, France.

Photograph credit: Alexis Lours

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