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Lesser moorhen information


Lesser moorhen
Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe
Conservation status
Lesser moorhen
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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, 1850)
Synonyms

Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1851

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 member of the genus Paragallinula.[2]

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

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Paragallinula angulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692883A93373006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692883A93373006.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  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.

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