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n. Chiefly British A common, widely distributed species of gallinule, Gallinula chloropus.

n. Chiefly British The female red grouse.

n. Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.

n. A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.

n. An Australian rail (Tribonyx ventralis).

n. A black gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) that inhabits ponds and lakes.

n. The female of the moor fowl; the moor hen.

n. The female moorfowl.

n. The common British gallinule or water-hen, Gallinula chloropus. Also moor-coot.

n. The American coot.

n. black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

n. female red grouse

"New Mexico: Non-toxic ammunition required for common moorhen; sora, a freshwater marsh bird; Virginia rail and snipe with shotguns, as well as dove, band-tailed pigeon, upland game or migratory game birds on all State Game Commission owned or managed areas."

gallinule    water hen    marsh hen    swamphen    moorgame    moor-bird    red grouse    moorbird    moorfowl    lagopus scoticus   

moorfowl   

Common Moorhen    Dusky Moorhen    Lesser Moorhen   

gallinule