Gough Moorhen

When to see the Gough Moorhen

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Gough Moorhen

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Switzerland, Germany.

About the Gough Moorhen

The Gough moorhen is a medium-sized, almost flightless bird that is similar to the common moorhen, but is smaller, stockier, and has shorter wings. The bird has a distinctive yellow-tipped red bill and red frontal shield. Its first account was written in 1888 by the polar explorer George Comer, whom the specific name comeri commemorates. This bird is found only on two remote islands in the South Atlantic.

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Easily confused with

Common GallinuleGallinula galeataThe common gallinule is a bird in the family Rallidae. Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosaThe dusky moorhen is a medium-sized bird, slightly smaller than the purple swamphen. Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusThe moorhen is a distinctive species, with predominantly black and brown plumage, with the exception of a white under-tail, white streaks on the flanks, yellow legs and a red frontal shield.