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Common Moorhen - (Gallinula chloropus)

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Common Moorhen - (Gallinula chloropus)

Common Moorhen - (Gallinula chloropus) - belong to the kin crake. Its size is about a turtle. Lives in overgrown edges of ponds also quite small pools. Dark color. On the side of a white stripe. Adult birds have a small red blaze on the forehead. During swimming and walking a short black and white tail twitches. Food consists of insects, molluscs and various seeds. Nest twice a year. The nest is located in reed and also in the sedge. Withstands 7 to 10 rust-spotted eggs. Eggs in turn heat the male and female. After doing chicks hatched from the nest. Juveniles are fed about three weeks. Partially draft species.

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27.1.2010 21:55:26

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