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Common moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Spotting Image 1
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Description:

They are black with very small white dots

Habitat:

Nature museum entrance

Notes:

It was eating lily pad pieces

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The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago
Common moorhen
Gallinula chloropus Common moorhen


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2 Comments

shean1
shean1 9 years ago

they sort of look like mandarin duck...

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The MnMs
The MnMs 9 years ago

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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Korea Kent Foreign School
Spotted by a stud ent at Korea Kent Foreign School

臺北市, Taiwan

Spotted on Jul 26, 2014
Submitted on Aug 21, 2014

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