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title: "Dusky Moorhen"
description: "Gallinula tenebrosa — Uccelli. The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dusky-moorhen
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dusky Moorhen

> Gallinula tenebrosa — Uccelli. The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus.

- Scientific name: *Gallinula tenebrosa*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 24398
- Wikidata: [Q1078223](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1078223)
- iNaturalist taxon: [357](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/357)

## Names

- en: Dusky Moorhen
- de: Papuateichhuhn
- es: Gallineta enlutada
- fr: Gallinule sombre
- nl: Zwarte waterhoen
- pt: Galinha-d'água-enlutado
- pl: Kokoszka ciemna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (23917), ID (21), PG (16), NC (4), TL (4)

## Summary

The dusky moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa) is a bird species in the rail family and is one of the eight extant species in the moorhen genus. It occurs in Australia, New Guinea, Borneo and Indonesia. It is often confused with the purple swamphen and the Eurasian coot due to similar appearance and overlapping distributions. They often live alongside birds in the same genus, such as the Tasmanian nativehen and the common moorhen.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_moorhen

## Photo

![Dusky Moorhen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-moorhen/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94780587

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-moorhen?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).