First Record of Common Moorhen Nesting in South Dakota

Authors

• William A. Meeks, South Dakota State University
• Kenneth F. Higgins, South Dakota State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1997

Comments

Published in The Prairie Naturalist 29(1): March 1997.

Abstract

The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is widespread in North America, but is not very abundant throughout its range (Greij 1994, Common Moorhen, Pages 145-157 in Tacha and Braun [eds.] Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Management in North America, Allen Press, Lawrence). In North Dakota its status is accidental (Konrad 1983, Prairie Nat. 15:144); in South Dakota it is considered a casual visitor and a probable breeding species (South Dakota Ornithologists' Union 1991, The Birds of South Dakota, Northern State University Press, Aberdeen; Peterson 1995, The Breeding Bird Atlas of South Dakota, Northern State University Press, Aberdeen).