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Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Description:

The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow-green legs and a red frontal shield.

Habitat:

Kastoria's lake Orestiada. Kastoria is a city in northern Greece in the region of West Macedonia.

Notes:

The scientific name Gallinula chloropus comes from the Latin Gallinula (a small hen or chicken) and the Greek chloropus (khloros χλωρός green or yellow, pous πούς foot). Greek common name: Νερόκοτα

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KostasZontanos
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KostasZontanos

Καστοριά, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Ηπείρου - Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, Greece

Spotted on Mar 14, 2016
Submitted on Mar 15, 2016

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