Waterhen Indian Reserve No
Waterhen may refer to: * Common moorhen or common waterhen, a bird species in the rail family * '' Amaurornis'' rails, a genus of birds in the rail family * Various other birds of the family Rallidae (rails) may be informally called waterhens * Waterhen Indian Reserve No. 45 Waterhen 45 is a First Nations reserve in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Geography Waterhen 45 is on the south shore of Waterhen Lake at the northern terminus of Provincial Road 276. The Waterhen River flows into Waterhen Lake near the s ..., Northern Affairs Community in the Canadian province of Manitoba * Waterhen River (other), more than one river in Canada * HMAS ''Waterhen'', one ship and one shore establishment in the Royal Australian Navy {{disambiguation, geo, bird ...
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Common Moorhen
The common moorhen (''Gallinula chloropus''), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae). It is distributed across many parts of the Old World. The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere it is likely the most common rail species, except for the Eurasian coot in some regions. The closely related common gallinule of the New World has been recognized as a separate species by most authorities, starting with the American Ornithologists' Union and the International Ornithological Committee in 2011. Name The name ''mor-hen'' has been recorded in English since the 13th century. The word ''moor'' here is an old sense meaning ''marsh''; the species is not usually found in moorland. An older name, common waterhen, is more descriptive of the bird's habitat. A "watercock" is not a male "waterhen" but the rail ...
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Amaurornis
''Amaurornis'' is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. The species in this genus are typically called bush-hens. A monotypic subtribe, Amaurornithina, was proposed for this genus. Taxonomy The genus ''Amaurornis'' was erected by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1853 with the plain bush-hen (''Amaurornis olivacea'') as the type species. The name comes from the Greek ''amauros'', meaning "dusky" or "brown" and ''ornis'', meaning "bird". The New Guinea flightless rail was sometimes included in this genus, but more often held to constitute a distinct monotypic genus ''Megacrex''. The first cladistic studies of rails, based on morphology, strongly suggested that ''Amaurornis'' as traditionally defined is not monophyletic, and that several species placed here are in fact closer to the small crakes traditionally placed in ''Porzana ''Porzana'' is a genus of birds in the crake and rail family, Rallidae. Its scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for s ...
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Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized, ground-living birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, although the family is found in every terrestrial habitat except dry deserts, polar regions, and alpine areas above the snow line. Members of the Rallidae occur on every continent except Antarctica. Numerous island species are known. The most common rail habitats are marshland and dense forest. They are especially fond of dense vegetation.Horsfall & Robinson (2003): pp. 206–207 Name "Rail" is the anglicized respelling of the French ''râle'', from Old French ''rasle''. It is named from its harsh cry, in Vulgar Latin *''rascula'', from Latin ''rādere'' ("to scrape"). Morphology The rails are a family of small to medium-sized, ground-living birds. They vary in length from and in weight from . Some species have long necks and in many ca ...
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Waterhen Indian Reserve No
Waterhen may refer to: * Common moorhen or common waterhen, a bird species in the rail family * '' Amaurornis'' rails, a genus of birds in the rail family * Various other birds of the family Rallidae (rails) may be informally called waterhens * Waterhen Indian Reserve No. 45 Waterhen 45 is a First Nations reserve in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Geography Waterhen 45 is on the south shore of Waterhen Lake at the northern terminus of Provincial Road 276. The Waterhen River flows into Waterhen Lake near the s ..., Northern Affairs Community in the Canadian province of Manitoba * Waterhen River (other), more than one river in Canada * HMAS ''Waterhen'', one ship and one shore establishment in the Royal Australian Navy {{disambiguation, geo, bird ...
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Waterhen River (other)
Waterhen River may refer to the following rivers in Canada: *Waterhen River (Manitoba), a tributary of Lake Manitoba *Waterhen River (Saskatchewan) Waterhen River is an east-flowing river in the north-west area of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the drainage basin of the Beaver River. It is north of and parallel to the east-flowing part of the Beaver River and joins the north- ...