Lesser moorhen
| Lesser moorhen | |
|---|---|
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| Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe | |
| 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 | |
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 species in the genus Paragallinula.[2]
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Gallinula angulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Rails, gallinules ..., IOC bird list
External links
- Lesser moorhen - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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