#0549 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Moorhen

🇳🇱 Waterhoen ·Gallinula chloropus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Alexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
2. © Erik Eckstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Charon Özcan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Charos Pix · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Radu Teodoreanu · CC BY 4.0
6. © Peter aka anemoneprojectors · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Blondinrikard Fröberg · CC BY 4.0
8. © Charos Pix · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The common moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus ) (also known as the waterhen and as the swamp chicken ) is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World.

base stats

NL sightings 3,458iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 136,517iNaturalist observations
weight 348 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 3,458 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the birds in NL.
136,517 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 348 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).