Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata) - HBW 3, p. 203

French: Gallinule africaine German: Zwergteichhuhn Spanish: Gallineta Chica

Taxonomy: Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1851, Lower Caffraria, (= Natal), South Africa.
Monotypic.

Distribution: Senegal and Gambia E to Ethiopia, and S to N & E Namibia, Botswana and E South Africa.