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Lesser moorhen

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Gruiformes

Scientific name
  
Gallinula angulata

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Rallidae

Higher classification
  
Paragallinula

Lesser moorhen Lesser Moorhen

Genus
  
Paragallinula Sangster, Garcia-R & Trewick, 2015

Similar
  
Bird, African crake, Rallidae, Red‑chested flufftail, Buff‑spotted flufftail

Lesser moorhen mpg


The lesser moorhen (Paragallinula angulata) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is sometimes placed into the genus Gallinula. It is the only species in the genus Paragallinula.

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Lesser moorhen Lesser Moorhen Bird amp Wildlife Photography by Richard and Eileen Flack

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Lesser moorhen Lesser Moorhen in Kenya

A lesser moorhen at arathusa safari lodge


Lesser moorhen Lesser Moorhen Bird amp Wildlife Photography by Richard and Eileen Flack

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Lesser moorhen Gallinula angulata Lesser moorhen

Lesser moorhen Gallinula angulata Lesser moorhen

References

Lesser moorhen Wikipedia