Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Moorhen, Common Moorhen)

Interactions where Gallinula chloropus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
caecum caecum is endoparasitised by fluke Notocotylus gibbus a fluke Echinostomida: Notocotylidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Echinostomida/Notocotylidae/Notocotylus gibbus/Notocotylus gibbusa flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Gruiformes/Rallidae/Gallinula chloropus/Gallinula chloropusmoorhen, common moorhencaecum fluke endoparasitises caecum
lung lung is endoparasitised by fluke UK/Ireland Cyclocoelum a genus of flukes Diplostomida: Cyclocoelidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Diplostomida/Cyclocoelidae/Cyclocoelum/Cyclocoeluma genus of flukesfluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Gruiformes/Rallidae/Gallinula chloropus/Gallinula chloropusmoorhen, common moorhenlung fluke endoparasitises lung
small intestine small intestine is endoparasitised by fluke UK/Ireland Echinoparyphium recurvatum a fluke Echinostomida: Echinostomatidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Echinostomida/Echinostomatidae/Echinoparyphium recurvatum/Echinoparyphium recurvatuma flukefluke Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Gruiformes/Rallidae/Gallinula chloropus/Gallinula chloropusmoorhen, common moorhensmall intestine fluke endoparasitises small intestine

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.

Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Common Moorhen) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Common Moorhen) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Common Moorhen)
FamilyRALLIDAE (rails)
OrderGRUIFORMES (bustards, cranes and rails)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Common Moorhen)

Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Common Moorhen) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Common Moorhen):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 32 images of Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen, Common Moorhen)
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