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Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
33.0727, -117.063
Field Notes
Description:
Candy corn bill with the red face shield and yellow tip. It has a dark head fading to brown wings. There's white on the undertail. I don't know which subspecies this is based on the quality of photos since the bird was so far away.
Habitat:
It hung around American Coot at Sandy Lake at Kit Carson park. Very shy around people! There's a Red-eared Slider in the third image that can be seen at my other spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8659218
Notes:
There are over a dozen subspecies. "The name mor-hen has been recorded in English since the 13th century, and the word moor here is an old sense meaning marsh - the species is not usually found in moorland. An older alternative name, Common Waterhen, is a more descriptive because of the bird's habitat." - Wikipedia
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