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title: "Zwarte waterhoen"
description: "Gallinula tenebrosa — Vogels. 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/nl/animal/dusky-moorhen
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwarte waterhoen

> Gallinula tenebrosa — Vogels. 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` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- 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

![Zwarte waterhoen](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).