Gallinule vs. Moorhen — What's the Difference?

Any of various waterbirds of the family Rallidae, frequenting swampy regions and characteristically having dark iridescent plumage and a colorful area where the bill extends onto the forehead.

Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae). Most species are placed in the genus Gallinula, Latin for "little hen".

A bird of one of several species in the genera Porphyrio and Gallinula of the family Rallidae.

A widely distributed gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) having a black body and a red and yellow bill that extends up onto the forehead.

One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).

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

Any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

(British) A female red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica.

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

The female of the moor fowl; the moor hen.

Black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

Female red grouse