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Dusky Moorhen

Gallinula tenebrosa

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Rallidae

The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus. It occurs in Australia, New Guinea, Borneo and Indonesia. It is often confused with the purple swamphen and the Eurasian coot due to similar appearance and overlapping distributions.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 1