🐦Common Moorhen
Kokoszka zwyczajna, kokoszka, kokoszka wodna, kurka wodna (Gallinula chloropus) – gatunek średniej wielkości ptaka wodnego z rodziny chruścieli (Rallidae), zamieszkujący Eurazję, Afrykę i oceaniczne wyspy. W większości zasięgu osiadły lub koczujący, północne populacje wędrują na południe i zachód. Nie jest zagrożony wyginięciem.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.34 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 19 years
Everything we know about the Common Moorhen
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.34 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.39 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.07 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.17 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.03 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan19 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation19 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 9AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelOmnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common Moorhen yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderGruiformes
- ›familyRallidae
- ›genusGallinula
- ›speciesGallinula chloropus
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
All 9 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
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