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Gallinula chloropus meridionalis |
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Gallinula chloropus meridionalis |
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Poule d'eau |
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Common Moorhen |
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| Ka-furubiti (Kitabwa); kafulubiti (Kilomotwa); fluff-tailed crake = kafutubidi (Lunda); kafututu (Kiluba-PNU) | |
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Distinguished from its african cousin by its larger size and its mostly red bill. |
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Inhabits all continents except for Australia. Less shy than its African cousin, it can be seen on all the ponds and water bodies surrounded by reeds. When alarmed, disappears in reeds. |
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Sedentary. |
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Preferably nests during teh rainy season but nidifications have been observed in July in Zambia. |
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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.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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