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Id | 4342 | ||||||||||||
Family | Rails, Gallinules and Allies ~ Rørvagtler, Sumphøns og Blishøns ~ Polluelas, Rascones, Gallinetas y Gallaretas (Rallidae) | ||||||||||||
Species |
Eurasian Moorhen x Eurasian Coot (hybrid) (Gallinula chloropus x Fulica atra (hybrid)) Grønbenet Rørhøne x Blishøne ~ Gallineta Común x Gallereta Común ~ Rörhöna x Sothöna |
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Locality |
Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark
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Date | 2022-11-20 | ||||||||||||
Sex, Age, Comment |
Adult. Ravelinen. A lone bird that stood out by the absence of a white flank line, size and colorful bill. Coot genes: -The coot part of the bird is found in the size which was considerably larger than also present pure moorhens. -The uniformly dark plumage with no traces of white lines or borders. The normal white tips to the secondaries are gone too, therefore being a trait of the moorhen. -The bill shape is coot-like and also the very pointed angle between the bill and the frontal shield is what you normally see on a coot. Moorhen genes: - Bill color. Not as well-marked as on a pure moorhen but the red and yellow colors are distinctive. - The brownish back is what you typically see on a pure moorhen and never on a coot (I think). - The small frontal shield is better sized and shaped for a moorhen than a coot. - The overall green feet and legs are too strongly colored for a pure coot and without the lobbed toes that are common for the coot. Apparently both species can show a hint of red at the base of the tibia, as can also be seen on this bird. I haven't been able to find many records of this hybrid online. A German and a few Dutch birds are presented via THIS flickr thread. Knowing how common it is to find these two species together in countless localities, it is strange that hybrids are not more common if they are able to interbreed. |
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Collection | Rare, Hybrid | ||||||||||||
Same bird | 66 | ||||||||||||
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Map | https://google.com/maps/place/55.669813 + 12.596189 | ||||||||||||
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