Eurasian Common Moorhen

The Moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red facial shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield.
It has a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.his species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures.
They forage beside or in the water, sometimes upending in the water to feed.