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Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

About Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
  • Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Comments: Formerly treated as conspecific with G.chloropus (Linnaeus 1758) [Common Moorhen] of Eurasia (AOU 1983, 1998), but separated on the basis of differences in vocalizations and bill and shield morphology (Constantine and The Sound Approach 2006) and mitochondrial DNA (Groenenberg et al. 2008) (AOU 2011). Formerly known as Florida Gallinule.


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Visits

  • 2005-03-29
    Kauai - Lihue, United States of America
  • 2006-12-02
    Isla Isabella - Punta Moreno, Ecuador
  • 2006-12-08
    Isla Isabella - Puerta Villamil, Ecuador
    Image from 2006-12-08
  • 2008-01-07
    Playa de Los Reyes, Mexico
  • 2008-02-17
    San Jose del Cabo - Estuary, Mexico
  • 2008-12-06
    Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America
  • 2009-06-01
    Redwood Valley, United States of America
  • 2010-01-03
    Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America
  • 2010-02-21
    Lerma Marshes, Mexico
  • 2013-04-17
    Brazoria NWR (UTC 108), United States of America
  • 2013-04-19
    Anahuac NWR (UTC 049), United States of America
  • 2014-01-21
    Jimani, Dominican Republic
  • 2014-01-22
    Laguna de Oviedo, Dominican Republic
  • 2014-01-22
    Cabo Rojo - Pedernales, Dominican Republic
  • 2014-02-22
    Santa Fe Grade, United States of America
  • 2015-10-28
    Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama
  • 2016-01-03
    Reserva Natural de Humacao, United States of America
  • 2016-09-07
    Urubamba, Peru
  • 2016-12-19
    Fontainebleau State Park, United States of America
  • 2019-06-24
    Parque Nacional Lauca, Chile
  • 2019-06-26
    Arica, Chile
  • 2021-11-19
    Buenos Aires Reserva Costeneras, Argentina
  • 2021-12-12
    Buenos Aires Reserva Costeneras, Argentina
  • 2023-02-06
    Parque La Florida, Colombia
  • 2024-01-25
    Wakodahatchee Wetlands, United States of America
  • 2024-01-26
    Havana, Cuba
  • 2024-01-30
    Playa Larga, Cuba
  • 2024-02-02
    Laguna de Leche, Cuba
  • 2024-02-05
    Sierra del Chorillo, Cuba
  • 2024-10-09
    Barranquilla Swamp, Colombia
  • 2025-03-19
    Bathsheba, Barbados
  • 2025-03-20
    Long Bay, Barbados
  • 2025-03-21
    Random Cow Ponds, Barbados
  • 2025-04-12
    St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
  • 2025-04-14
    McKinnon's Pond, Antigua and Barbuda