The lesser moorhen is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is sometimes placed into the genus Gallinula. It is the only member of the genus Paragallinula. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Sundevall, CJ 1850)
Reference:
Öfvers. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förh.
7 p.110
Protonym:
Gallinula angulata
Type locality:
Lower Caffraria, i.e. Natal, type from the Umlazi River.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32428471
Avibase ID:
A927C1AE78492E6B
Avibase ID:
avibase-A927C1AE
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A927C1AE
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176287
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Gallinule africaine ( Gallinula angulata) |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Gallinule africaine ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 1st edition: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2021: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2022: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2023: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Clements 3rd edition: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 4th edition: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2015: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2016: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2017: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2018: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Clements, version 2019: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
eBird version 1.50: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 1.52: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 1.53: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 1.54: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 1.55: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2015: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2016: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2017: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2018: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2019: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2021: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2022: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
eBird version 2023: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Gallinula angulata |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Gallinula angulata |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Gallinula angulata |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Lesser Moorhen ( Gallinula angulata) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Lesser Moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata) |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Gallinula angulata |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Gallinula angulata |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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