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Common Moorhen

Sanjeev Kapadia — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 07:56:35 +0000

Common Moorhen is medium sized beautiful water bird. It is also known as swamp chicken or common waterhen. Except for polar regions and rainforests they are found all over the world. Gujarati Name જળ કૂકડી Scientific Name Gallinula chloropus Scientific Family Rallidae Status in Gujarat Resident IUCN Status

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Common Coot

Sanjeev Kapadia — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:03:50 +0000

Common Coot is small to medium sized ground living bird. It is a greyish black bird with a white plate on the forehead. The saying ‘as bald as a coot‘ refers to this frontal plate. They are also widely known as Coot, Black Coot, Eurasian Coot, European Coot. Gujarati Name Read more…

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White-breasted Waterhen

Vishal Vasu — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:36:55 +0000

The White-breasted Waterhen is widely distributed across Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. It is a water bird in the Rail family and is related to birds like Moorhens, Coots, and Crakes. White-breasted Waterhen are usually seen single or in pairs, foraging slowly – very similar to the behaviour that Read more…

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Grey-headed Swamphen

Vishal Vasu — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:19:54 +0000

Grey-headed Swamphen was earlier popularly known as Purple Moorhen or Purple Swamphen in India but there has been a taxonomy change in 2015. It was considered a subspecies of the Purple Swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015. Grey-headed Swamphen is a very shy bird and hides Read more…

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