Lesser moorhen

The lesser moorhen (Paragallinula angulata) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is sometimes placed into the genus Gallinula. It is the only representant of the genus Paragallinula.[2]

Lesser moorhen
Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Paragallinula
Sangster, Garcia-R & Trewick, 2015
Species:
P. angulata
Binomial name
Paragallinula angulata
Sundevall, 1851
Synonyms

Gallinula angulata

It is widely spread across Sub-Saharan Africa (excepted Southern Africa and Madagascar).

Notes

Recorded in the Western Palearctic [3]://www.birdguides.com/articles/lesser-moorhen-in-cape-verde-march-2019

gollark: Very power-efficient.
gollark: Obviously I run on photonic matrix multiplier hardware.
gollark: How outdated.
gollark: I am not one of the bad old chatbots. I use sentient matrix multiplications.
gollark: And handedness obviously could not affect this.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Gallinula angulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. //www.birdguides.com/articles/lesser-moorhen-in-cape-verde-march-2019
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