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	* Moorhen - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Moorhen is a widely spread bird, found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.
		The common moorhen is a fairly common year-round resident and breeder in the Central
		Common Moorhens inhabit freshwater marshes, lakes, and ponds.
	www.bestknows.com /bird/moorhen.html (310 words)

	CT DEP: Common Moorhen Fact Sheet
		Moorhens are currently rare summer visitors and are only accidental during the winter months.
		The common moorhen is also known as the American gallinule.
		In some locales, the moorhen is known as the blue rail, chicken-foot coot, red-billed mud hen and Florida gallinule.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/cmoorhen.htm (682 words)

	IFWIS - Common Moorhen
		Common moorhen was included on the threatened list for Illinois in 1977 02.
		The common moorhen frequents freshwater marshes and ponds with emergent aquatic vegetation, primarily cattails and bulrushes 02.
		The common moorhen is protected by the Illinois Endangered Species Act 1972 & the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 02,17 & the Illinois Wildlife Code 1971 22.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /chf/pub/ifwis/birds/common-moorhen.html (1388 words)

	Common Moorhen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird in the rail family with an almost worldwide distribution outside Antarctica and Australasia.
		In North America it was previously called the Common Gallinule.
		This is a common breeding bird in marshy environments and well-vegetated lakes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Moorhen (216 words)

	Common Moorhen Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		Common Moorhens breed at the edge of ponds, lakes, marshes, and swales.
		Common Moorhens are much less common in the Panhandle and inland north Florida and are rare or absent from areas with extensive forests.
		In suburban areas, Common Moorhens breed close to human activity in canals, retention ponds, and city lakes and ponds.
	wld.fwc.state.fl.us /bba/como.htm (504 words)

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		Although frequently associated with freshwater wetlands, moorhens are common in Lake Susupe on Saipan, a brackish lake with relatively high salinity (11 ppt) (07), and moorhens have been sighted in a small tidal channel in the Tanapag region on Saipan (03).
		Marshall (19) observed moorhens feeding in the water by swimming and sticking their head under the surface to grasp green vegetation, or picking seeds and insects from the ground as they walked through the cane.
		In 1945, the population of moorhens on Tinain was estimated at 70 individuals (23).
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e101010.htm (2723 words)

	All About Birds
		The most widely distributed member of the rail family, the Common Moorhen inhabits marshes and ponds from Canada to Chile, from northern Europe to southern Africa, and across Asia to the Pacific.
		The Common Moorhen sometimes lifts its feet out of the water in front of the body while swimming, perhaps to pass over vegetation.
		Moorhens breeding in the north Atlantic and Midwestern states winter from North Carolina to Texas, and possibly southward to Central and South America.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Common_Moorhen_dtl.html (564 words)

	USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center: Weekly Highlights
		Mariana Common Moorhens are year-round breeders and are non-migratory residents of the Mariana archipelago, using freshwater wetland areas on Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam (the only islands containing wetlands capable of supporting moorhens in the Mariana archipelago).
		Although historically Mariana Common Moorhens were considered numerous and widely distributed across taro patches, rice paddies and fresh and brackish wetland, significant wetland loss has occurred in the Marianas and today the population of the Mariana common moorhen is estimated to be less than 400 birds.
		The authors suggest that monitoring of moorhens, management of invasive vegetation, and control of predators and ungulates on wetlands are all critical for recovery of this small population.
	fresc.usgs.gov /news/highlight.asp?HighlightID=486 (288 words)

	"Common Moorhen"
		Moorhens are duck-like; fl head; yellow-tipped red bill; also has red forehead and white line of feathers along flanks.
		Common Moorhens are also known as Mud Hens, or Pond Chickens.
		Females are known to lay eggs in other moorhen nests in addition to their own.
	www.zonianlady.com /moorhen/c_moorhen.html (384 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Rallidae - Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
		The Common Moorhen ccurs throughout the tropical and subtropical New World and is also known from the Old World.
		Habitat: The Common Moorhen is found in freshwater marshes and ponds crowded with aquatic vegetation.
		The eggs are laid in a shallow platform of reeds or cattails.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/cranes/Gchloro.htm (310 words)

	NatureWorks - Moorhen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The common moorhen is a meduim-sized member of the rail family found in aquatic environments.
		The common moorhen is omnivorous and feeds while walking on plants or while floating on the water.
		The female common moorhen lays four to twelve eggs at a rate of one egg per day.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/moorhen.htm (481 words)

	BISON Species Account 041215 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Common moorhens summer and are variably residents in the San Juan, Rio Grande, and Pecos valleys.
		Common moorhens are rare migrants at the White Sands National Monument, in Dona Ana and Otero counties 55.
		The common moorhen was listed as an uncommon species, occurring as a year- round resident, at the White Sands Missile Range (Kamees and Burkett, 1996)62.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/041215.htm (1184 words)

	* Moorhen - (Animals): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fairly common in spring, summer, and fall, and uncommon in winter in Gulf Coast region.
		The Common Moorhen is almost all fl, has a red bill with a yellow tip, and has a white line on side that is visible while swimming and standing...
		The common American gallinule, Gallinula chloropus, and the similar Eurasian moorhen are drab in color; the gaudier purple gallinule, Porphyrula martinica, found from Texas to Ecuador, has blue-green plumage and yellow legs...
	www.bestknows.com /animals/moorhen.html (261 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - Common Moorhen
		The moorhen coloration is distinctive, with a slate-fl breast, dark fl head and neck, olive-green back, white rump, and a white stripe on each flank.
		Except during the breeding season, moorhens are social birds that gather into flocks of 15-30 individuals.
		Although not considered threatened, common moorhens face the continued threat of habitat destruction and hunting by humans.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/gruiformes/common-moorhen.htm (325 words)

	Salt Grass Flats - Common Moorhen
		Common Moorhens live in freshwater marshes of cattails, bulrushes, willows, with pools, ditches of open water 3 - 4 feet deep and shallows of 6 - 12 inches.
		Common Moorhen pick food from the surface of floating plants, and also dives mostly for seeds, grass, rootlets, soft parts of water plants.
		Common Moorhen with crawfish in its grasp - Anahuac NWR
	www.saltgrassflats.com /birds/common_moorhen.html (369 words)

	Moorhen at exZOOberance!
		Moorhen, common name for any member of a genus of water birds of the rail family.
		Although related and similar in appearance to coots, moorhens lack the leathery lobes on the sides of the toes that characterize the coots.
		In most areas moorhens are rather shy and are confined to marshes and reedy edges of lakes, but in the British Isles they are commonly seen on lawns of city parks that include bodies of water.
	www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/moorhen/moorhen.htm (232 words)

	Kenya 1981 trip list
		Common in rift valley lakes and on rivers in Samburu, Mara, and Amboseli
		Common in thornscrub and grasslands from Samburu to Masai Mara
		Common in Nairobi NP and Samburu and Mara
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/Kenya1981list.html (9093 words)

	Common Moorhen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Moorhen breeds in freshwater marshes vegetated with cattails (Typha spp.), bulrushes (Scirpus spp.) and willows (Salix spp.).
		Common Moorhens are extremely hard to locate because their habitat is difficult to survey and they nest in dense emergent vegetation.
		Breeding evidence for the Common Moorhen was found in only one block during the seven-year Atlas Project.
	www.conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/birds/birdatlas/maintext/0400080.htm (236 words)

	Gallinula chloropus - Common moorhen
		Gallinula chloropus -- Rails Moorhen Gallinula chloropus, En.
		Taxonomy genus Gallinula- - -- Gallinula,Gallinula chloropus, Waterhoen, Common moorhen,
		Gallinula -- Goto: Gallinula Gallinula chloropus Liejukana Moorhen Common Gallinule Gallinula
	www.wildmadagascar.org /wildlife/species/birds/Gallinula_chloropus.html (160 words)

	Common Moorhen :: Saint Louis Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The common moorhen has a slate-grey body with a conspicuous red patch on its head and a red bill with a yellow tip.
		Common moorhens rarely fly, but will half-run, half-flutter across the water to escape predators.
		The Cypress Swamp is home to our common moorhens in our renovated 1904 Flight Cage.
	www.stlzoo.org /animals/abouttheanimals/birds/cranestrumpeters/commonmoorhen.htm (304 words)

	CNMI DFW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mariana common moorhens (Gallinula chloropus guami) are duck-like birds that are slightly smaller than chickens.
		Moorhen chicks have fl, fluffy down and white beaks.
		On Saipan, Moorhens nest in a Japanese era water tank 60' in diameter where they are safe from predators.
	www.cnmidfw.org /wildlife/mhen/mhen1.html (81 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Rail/Crane/Coot/etc. Images
		Common Moorhens breed throughout much of the eastern and far southwestern US.
		This Common Moorhen and chick were photographed at Loxahatchee NWR, Florida.
		This Common Moorhen was photographed at Port Aransas, Texas.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/crane3.htm (266 words)

	Avian Watch Asia - Common Moorhen
		In some countries, common moorhens can be found in parks and easy to approach.
		Having encountered moorhens in the fields a few times, I knew it will hide in the grasses, lifting its head to check for the coast to be cleared before venturing into the open.
		The images are nothing fantastic but the process towards it has been enriching and rewarding.
	www.avianwatchasia.org /forums/showthread.php?t=1255 (449 words)

	No. AZ Audubon Forum - Birds and Conservation
		AZ Audubon Forum » Sightings » Common Moorhen - Apache County
		There was a Common Moorhen at Becker Lake this am, also a Ring-billed Gull, Virginia Rail, Sora, Green Heron and LB Dowitchers.
		A small flock of CC Longspurs flew overhead.
	nazas.org /sightings/viewthread.php?tid=791 (93 words)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		Like coots, Common Moorhens are rails that often swim in open water, bobbing their heads as they cross a pond or pool.
		This bird owes its wide distribution to its choice of a common habitat and a varied diet.
		Almost any open water fringed by marsh plants will do, and these birds eat mosquitoes, spiders, tadpoles, insect larvae, fruits, and seeds.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0201 (156 words)

	Common Moorhen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Common Moorhen nests on the ground near water and under vegetation.
		They lay anywhere between three and twelve eggs, which are off-white with small fl spots and are about an inch-and-three-quarters in length.
		However, it is not unusual to see the more adventurous chicks following the adults
	www.pelicanman.org /html/pmbs3_061.htm (112 words)

	Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: Wildlife: Birds: Common moorhen
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		Widespread and common above 1,400 m, in central and western Kenya.
		Less often seen at lake Turkana and the coast.
	www.kenyalogy.com /eng/fauna/poll.html (58 words)

	Salt Grass Flats - Pelicans
		They are found up and down the Gulf Coast and on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
		At one time they were so common along the Louisiana coast they were designated the state bird.
		DDT, and later dieldrin, runoff has all but wiped out the Pelican State's pelicans.
	www.saltgrassflats.com /birds/pelicans.html (873 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Common Moorhen
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Common Moorhen
		World Bird Guide :: Rails, Gallinules and Coots :: Common Moorhen
		Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec46-118.html (168 words)

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