Common Moorhen

Common Moorhen is a shrouded duck-like 

winged animal occupying shallow freshwater bogs. 

Its head and neck are dark the back is 

tanish and the underparts are a slate dull. 

Throughout the rearing season the normal 

moorhen could be recognized by its yellow tipped 

red bill and a red frontal shield (National 

Geographic 1999). Outside of the rearing 

flavor the bill and facial shield are tanish 

in color. White streaking on its flank 

recognizes the moorhen from the comparative 

American coot (Fulica History of the U.S). 

Common Moorhen breeds from New 

England south in the Atlantic seaboard and 

Bay of Mexico north to the Great Lakes 

(Figure 1). Throughout the winter moorhens happen 

in the Atlantic coast from South Carolina 

west in the Gulf Coast and south into 

Mexico (DeGraaf and Yamasaki 2001). 

common moorhens that breed in the northeast 

commonly winter in the Gulf Coast 

(American Ornithologists Union 1983 as 

refered to in Kibbe 1985). 

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 Common Moorhen

 Common Moorhen

 Common Moorhen

 Common Moorhen

Common Moorhen