Bird / Gallinula chloropus
Common Moorhen
Lowest risk
Native
The common moorhen, also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae). It is distributed across many parts of the Old World.
- Range elevation
- 0 to 4575 m
- Range mass
- 192 to 493 g
- Average mass
- 300 g
- Range length
- 30 to 38 cm
- Range wingspan
- 50 to 55 cm
- Breeding season
- Breeding season varies depending on latitude.
- Range eggs per season
- 2 to 12
- Average eggs per season
- 9
- Range time to hatching
- 17 to 22 days
- Average time to hatching
- 20 days
- Range fledging age
- 42 to 70 days
- Average fledging age
- 50 days
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 12 months
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 12 months
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 11 (high) years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 126 months
Nelson, M. 2003. "Gallinula chloropus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gallinula_chloropus/
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