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Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Gruiformes
family
Rallidae
genus
Gallinula
species
Gallinula chloropus

Name

Synonyms
Fulica chloropus Linnaeus, 1758
Fulica spec Linnaeus, 1758
Gallinula brodkorbi (McCoy, 1963)
Gallinula chloropus brodkorbi (McCoy, 1963)
Gallinula ochropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Homonyms
Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Common Moorhen in English
Common Moorhen in English
Common Moorhen in English
Common Moorhen in English
Common Moorhen in English
Common Moorhen in English
Common Moorhen in English
Common Moorhen in English
Eurasian Moorhen in English
Eurasian Moorhen in English
Eurasian Moorhen/Common Gallinule in English
Eurasian Moorhen/Common Gallinule in English
Eurasian moorhen in English
Galinha-d'água in Portuguese
Gallinella d'acqua in Italian
Gallinella d'acqua in Italian
Gallineta Común in Spanish
Gallineta común in Spanish
Gallineta frente roja in Spanish
Gallineta frente roja in Spanish
Gallineta frente roja in Spanish
Gallineta frente roja in Spanish
Gallinule poule-d'eau in French
Gallinule poule-d'eau in French
Gallinule poule-d'eau in French
Grootwaterhoender in Afrikaans
Grønbenet Rørhøne in Danish
Grønbenet rørhøne in Danish
Kokoszka wodna in Polish
Liejukana in Finnish
Moorhen in English
Moorhen in English
Rörhöna in Swedish
Sivhøne in Norwegian
Slípka zelenonohá in Czech
Teichhuhn in German
Teichhuhn in German
Teichhuhn in German
Teichhuhn in German
Vízityúk in Hungarian
Waasserhéngchen in Luxembourgish
Waterhoen in Dutch
Waterhoen in Dutch
galinha-d'água-comum in Portuguese
gallinule poule-d'eau in French
gallinule poule-d'eau in French
gallinule poule-d'eau in French
gallinule poule-deau, poule deau in French
kokoszka (zwyczajna) in Polish
liejukana in Finnish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
  4. Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em>
  5. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  6. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  7. Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
  8. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  9. Luck et al. 2012; Newbold et al 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013
  10. Luck et al. 2012; Stiles.F. G. & L. Rosselli. 1998; Remsen & Robinson 1990; Hilty & Brown 1986,2001; Sherry 1990; Naranjo et al. 2012; Hilty & Brown 1986, 2001; Newbold et al. 2012; Belmaker & Jetz 2013; Dunning, J.B. 2007; http://www.hbw.com.
  11. Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
  12. R. M. de Schauensee,Bond, J. (1943) The birds of Bolivia, Part II
  13. Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
  14. SOF (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
  15. Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p.
  16. Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383.
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