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Moorhen


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28 minutes ago, CMunzel said:

We have the same bird, if my bird ID skills are correct, called a Dusky Moorhen. No idea how that could happen as ours are indigenous to Australia  and, I’m guessing, so is this one to England. 

I believe so Cheryl , although I stand to be corrected!

 

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3 hours ago, CMunzel said:

We have the same bird, if my bird ID skills are correct, called a Dusky Moorhen. No idea how that could happen as ours are indigenous to Australia  and, I’m guessing, so is this one to England.

The Australian Dusky Moorhen it's scientific name is Gallinula tenebrosa comes from the Latin Gallinula (a small hen or chicken) and tenebrosa meaning "dark".

The ones we see in England/Europe are Gallinula chloropus which comes from the Latin Gallinula (a small hen or chicken) and the Greek chloropus (khloros; green or yellow, pous; foot).

The word moor here is an old sense meaning marsh; an older name, waterhen, is more descriptive of the bird's habitat.

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8 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

The Australian Dusky Moorhen it's scientific name is Gallinula tenebrosa comes from the Latin Gallinula (a small hen or chicken) and tenebrosa meaning "dark".

The ones we see in England/Europe are Gallinula chloropus which comes from the Latin Gallinula (a small hen or chicken) and the Greek chloropus (khloros; green or yellow, pous; foot).

The word moor here is an old sense meaning marsh; an older name, waterhen, is more descriptive of the bird's habitat.

Ah well, there you go. Thank you RyeWolf. They are very common around the creeks here. 

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