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The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the "swamp chicken") is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the American Ornithologists' Union and the International Ornithological Committee have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, and implemented that decision; however, no other committee has voted to change taxonomy yet. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Gallinula
Scientific:
Gallinula chloropus
Citation:
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Reference:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.152
Protonym:
Fulica Chloropus
Avibase ID:
8F82FF8C30667D90
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8F82FF8C
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176284
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Common Moorhen (Eurasian) ( Gallinula chloropus [chloropus Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Eurasian Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Common Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Gallinula chloropus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Gallinula [chloropus or galeata]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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