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24-FEB-2015 Hank Vander Velde

20150224 DR 1680 Common Moorhen.jpg

Dominican Republic

Bob Pelkey (jkrnm5)advised me that these are now known as Common Gallinule (Gallinula Galeata). None of my many bird books show this. They all include only the Purple Gallinule. I discovered on the internet that indeed there had been a split off in 2011. These look the same to me as the ones I saw in The Netherlands some years ago and I have not been able to determine the difference in the two, other than a name and territorial change as follows.

Gallinula Chloropus = Eurasian Moorhen in the Eastern Hemispher. (Formerly Common Moorhen)
Gallinula Galeata = Common Gallinule in the Western Hemispher. (Formerly Common Moorhen)

They are still Common Moorhen to me. Thanks for the heads-up Bob.

Nikon D800 ,Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED-IF AF-S
1/1600s f/7.1 at 420.0mm iso3200 full exif

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