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Common Moorhen

Scientific name: Gallinula chloropus
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Also called: Moorhen or Waterhen

The Common Moorhen has an almost worldwide distribution outside Australasia as well as deserts, many tropical rainforests and the polar regions, although it prefers wetlands.

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