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Where does the Eurasian Moorhen live?

Gallinula chloropus has 6,081,314 records in 222 countries and territories, from 1823 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen — Alexis Lours / CC BY 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesGruiformesRallidaeGallinula

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 1,439,443
United Kingdom 748,879
Netherlands 594,405
Spain 348,890
France 341,705
Taiwan 278,344
Sweden 252,569
Belgium 225,851
India 189,428
South Africa 175,348
Denmark 166,047
Germany 132,557
Portugal 88,011
Canada 82,435
Italy 67,404
Brazil 60,391
Mexico 57,719
Argentina 53,047
Israel 52,823
China 45,487
Norway 39,651
Colombia 38,625
Peru 31,943
Puerto Rico 28,769
Ireland 26,393
Türkiye 25,230
Switzerland 20,975
Czechia 19,962
Russia 16,496
United Arab Emirates 16,417
Austria 15,884
Greece 15,013
Poland 13,436
Thailand 13,337
Japan 12,677
Cuba 11,276
Bahamas 11,220
Bermuda 10,149
Ecuador 10,086
Bulgaria 9,126

Showing the top 40 of 222 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.