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title: "Amerikaans waterhoen"
description: "Gallinula galeata — Vogels. The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-gallinule
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amerikaans waterhoen

> Gallinula galeata — Vogels. The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Gallinula galeata*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 78583
- Wikidata: [Q1263469](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263469)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144479](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144479)

## Names

- en: Common Gallinule
- de: Amerikateichhuhn
- es: Gallineta Frente Roja
- fr: Gallinule d'Amérique
- nl: Amerikaans waterhoen
- pl: Kokoszka amerykańska

## Countries with the most observations

US (48246), MX (9896), BR (4692), AR (4092), CA (1903), CO (1363), PE (1098), DO (919), EC (853), PR (680), BO (280), HN (256)

## Summary

The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas. The common gallinule is one of the most conspicuous rail species in North America, along with the American coot.

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

## Photo

![Amerikaans waterhoen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-gallinule/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144647466

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-gallinule?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).