Common moorhen
Channel: Fritids Tur
Date: 2016-07-02

Reindeer (water chicken) https://youtu.be/SBNNtbOO8DM
The family of such unusual #ducks live on Lake Telbin in Kiev.
A reed, as well as a reed, #water or #marsh #chicken, occasionally the Latin (Latin Gallinula chloropus) is a small, water-sized bird of the cowherd family, large in all continents, except for Australia and Antarctica. A typical inhabitant of various reservoirs with standing or running water and swampy, overgrown shores. Usually leads a secretive way of life - despite the large prevalence, this bird can be difficult to see in the wild. Nevertheless, in densely populated areas of Europe, birds often get used to the presence of a person. The scientific name of the #bird can be translated from Latin as "green-legged chicken", which indicates some external similarity with domestic chickens.
A small bird 27-31 cm in length, with a wingspan of 50-55 cm and a weight of 192-493. Feathering is brownish-black or slate-gray with a blue tinge on the neck, narrow white stripes on the sides and white with a #black stripe of a podhvost. In winter, the head and back acquire a slightly noticeable olive-brown hue, and the belly looks lighter. Primary winged feathers of wings are dark gray. After moulting, the tips of the feathers on the breast and the front of the abdomen have white endings, which causes the feathering in this part of the body to look somewhat pockmarked. Molting in adult #birds occurs twice a year: winter begins during wintering in January - February and ends in April - May; After nesting it is necessary for July - October.
# The beak is relatively short, triangular in shape, bright red at the base and yellow or greenish at the end. On the forehead there is a patch of bright red skin, which looks like an extension of the beak. Iris in the mating season is dark red, the rest of the time red-brown. Legs are well adapted for movement along the steep banks - long and strong, with elongated fingers and slightly curved claws; Greenish-yellow with a red ring on the shins. Typical for other waterfowl membranes membranes between the fingers are almost completely absent. # Males and # females differ slightly from each other - males look somewhat larger, and in females the ventral part is lighter.
Young birds look slightly different - their plumage is light brown with a grayish chin, throat and chest. They have the same white podhvoste and white stripes on the sides, but there is no red leathery spot on the forehead, and the beak is gray with a yellow tip. In #young birds, the full formation of nesting finale ends by mid-August-early September in the first year of life.
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