{"id":2991,"date":"2016-12-26T10:50:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T02:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2991"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T06:26:42","slug":"dusky-moorhen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2991","title":{"rendered":"Dusky Moorhen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2998\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dusky-Moorhen-1024x616.jpg\" alt=\"dusky-moorhen\" width=\"980\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dusky-Moorhen-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dusky-Moorhen-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Dusky-Moorhen-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Dusky Moorhen<\/h4>\n<h6><em>Gallinula tenebrosa<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Length: 35-40 cm.<br \/>\nSimilar in size and colouration to the Eurasian Coot, except that the Moorhen has white under its tail and a yellow-tipped orange bill. This bird is closely related to the European Moorhen. In Western Australia it is confined to the south west.<br \/>\nMore shy than the coot, it is less likely to be seen in open water, especially when caring for its young. It nests in the reed beds.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px;\">[soundy button]<\/div>\n<p>Click on the play icon to hear the Moorhen&#8217;s call<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2991 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2993'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Moorhen-Dusky-P1030998cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2994'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Moorhen-Dusky-P1030999cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2995'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Moorhen-Dusky-P1040017cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size: 75%;\">Drawings kindly provided by Pam and photography by David Free and other artists where noted. The audio clips provided by David Secomb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa Length: 35-40 cm. Similar in size and colouration to the Eurasian Coot, except that the Moorhen has white under its tail and a yellow-tipped orange bill. This bird is closely related to the European Moorhen. In Western Australia it is confined to the south west. More shy than the coot, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2991","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2991"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6192,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2991\/revisions\/6192"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}