{"id":24606,"date":"2012-10-30T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:21","slug":"moorhen-gallinula-chloropus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/","title":{"rendered":"Moorhen Gallinula chloropus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird in the rail family with an almost worldwide distribution outside Australasia as well as deserts, many tropical rainforests, and the polar regions. Ranges from Northwest Europe to North Africa and eastwards to Central Siberia and from the humid regions of southern Asia to Japan and Central Malaysia; also found in Sri Lanka and the Canary, Azores, Madeira, and Cape Verde islands.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Common Moorhen\u00a0<i>Gallinula\u00a0chloropus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-165-24606\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1127\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-4.jpg\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/thumbs\/thumbs_moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1126\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-3.jpg\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/thumbs\/thumbs_moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1125\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-2.jpg\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/thumbs\/thumbs_moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1124\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-1.jpg\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/moorhen-gallinula-chloropus\/thumbs\/thumbs_moorhen-gallinula-chloropus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird in the rail family with an almost worldwide distribution outside Australasia as well as deserts, many tropical rainforests, and the polar regions. 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