• Photo taken Locality: Greece, Crete, Heraklion, Messara plain
  • Photo taken by:
    Fransson, T.
  • Photo taken date:
    March 2013
Moorhen
Cranes
Rails
Coots
Grues
Birds
Animals
Vertebrates

Photo of the Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus, probably the most common waterbird in Northern Hemisphere. It nests even in very small wetlands in islands. It lays 5-11 eggs in spring and summer, which are incubated by both parents for 21-22 days.

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