Eurasian Common Moorhen Pictures and Detail
Two Eurasian Common Moorhen |
Eurasian Common Moorhen Pictures and Detail
During my visit to the Kandi forest in Punjab in search of Peacock pictures, I came across a small water reservoir which was a sand dam to collect following water. Here I found a few black birds floating on the water. Later, I found that these are Eurasian Common Moorhens.
There were dozen of Common Moorhen present in this small artificial water lake. I visited this place three times and everytime , I found these birds. The scientific name of these birds is Gallinula Chloropus and they are also called Swamp Chicken. Indian Common Morrhen belong to the Rallidae family of birds.
Eurasian Common Moorhen |
Group of Common Moorhens |
Eurasian Common Moorhens are very good swimmers and then walk like hen on the ground. Some species of this bird are reported to migrate long distances. We can commonly found them in the small lake, fresh water reservoirs, canals, ponds etc.
Eurasian Common Moorhen |
Eurasian Common Moorhens either make their nests few feet away from the water or on floating plants in water. They lay 4 to 10 eggs and these eggs hatch in around 20 days time.
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