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Gallinula chloropus (Common Moorhen)

Synonyms: Fulica chloropus (homotypic); Fulica spec; Gallinula brodkorbi; Gallinula chloropus brodkorbi; Gallinula ochropus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the swamp chicken) is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World. The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere it is likely the most common rail species, except for the Eurasian coot in some regions.
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Infraspecies

Gallinula chloropus barbadensis (Barbados gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans (North American gallinule) (Attributes)
Gallinula chloropus cerceris (Antillean gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus chloropus (Eurasian moorhen) (Attributes)
Gallinula chloropus galeata (South American moorhen) (Attributes)
Gallinula chloropus garmani (Garman's gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus guami (Mariana Common Gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus meridionalis (Gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus orientalis (Seychelles moorhen)
Gallinula chloropus pauxilla (Lesser gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus pyrrhorrhoa (Madagascar moorhen)
Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis (Hawaiian Common Gallinule)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.19058
EDGE Score: 2.10298
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Attributes

Clutch Size [6]  6
Clutches / Year [3]  2
Fledging [5]  45 days
Incubation [3]  19 days
Mating Display [7]  Ground display
Mating System [7]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  19 years
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Wing Span [8]  20 inches (.52 m)
Adult Weight [2]  348 grams
Birth Weight [3]  11 grams
Female Weight [5]  324 grams
Male Weight [5]  368 grams
Weight Dimorphism [5]  13.6 %
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore, Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  10 %
Diet - Fish [4]  10 %
Diet - Fruit [4]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  20 %
Diet - Plants [4]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  20 %
Forages - Understory [4]  20 %
Forages - Ground [4]  60 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  20 %
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

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Citations

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♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 8British Trust for Ornithology
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 10WINTER DIET OF THE GREATER SPOTTED EAGLE (AQUILA CLANGA) IN THE AMVRAKIKOS WETLANDS, GREECE, HARALAMBOS ALIVIZATOS, DIMITRIS PAPANDROPOULOS, STAMATIS ZOGARIS, J Raptor Res. 38(4):371-374
♦ 11Contribution to the study of the diet of four owl species (Aves, Strigiformes) from mainland and island areas of Greece, Haralambos Alivizatos, Vassilis Goutner and Stamatis Zogaris, Belg. J. Zool., 135 (2) : 109-118
♦ 12THE PARASITIC FAUNA AND THE FOOD HABITS OF THE WILD JUNGLE CAT FELIS CHAUS FURAX DE WINTON, 1898 IN IRAQ, Mohammad K. Mohammad, Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus. (2008) 10(2): 65-78
♦ 13Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 14International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0