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Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Photo by jessica10
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Field Notes

Description:

They are black with very small white dots

Habitat:

Nature museum entrance

Notes:

It was eating lily pad pieces

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Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

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Comments (2)
shean1
they sort of look like mandarin duck...
The MnMs
Dear student: the birds in your spotting are actually a morheen mom with her two babies. The third bird a bit below is another morheen but juvenile. :-)

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PublishedAugust 21, 2014

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