First Record of Common Moorhen Nesting in South Dakota

Authors

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

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).