Lesser moorhen

ni ubwoko bw'inyoni ntoya mu muryango wa Rallidae.

Rimwe na rimwe ishirwa mu bwoko bwa Gallinula 

ni umuryango wonyine mu bwoko bwa Paragalinura.

yororoka cyane muri afrika yo munsi y'ubutayu bwa sahara

usibye afrika yepfo na madagasikari.

izina Paragalinura rikomoka  mu kigereki Para "iruhande 

no mubwoko bwa Gallinula .

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