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Gallinula angulata |
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Gallinula angulata |
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Petite poule d'eau africaine |
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Lesser Moorhen |
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| Ka-furubiti (Kitabwa); kafulubiti (Kilomotwa); fluff-tailed crake = kafutubidi (Lunda); kafututu (Kiluba-PNU) | |
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Distinguished from the Comon Moorhen by its smaller size and its yellow bill. More discreet than its cousin. |
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Marshes and flooded plains. Seen in Katanga between December and May. |
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Probably an intra-African migrator. |
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In Katanga, nidification takes place at the end of the rainy season. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
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