Editing Common moorhen (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Common moorhen
| image = Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) France.jpg
| image2 = Gallinula chloropus - Common Moorhen XC545002.mp3
| image2_caption = Adult ''G. c. chloropus'' and audio recording of call, both from [[France]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2019 |title=''Gallinula chloropus'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T62120190A155506651 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T62120190A155506651.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Gallinula
| species = chloropus
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| range_map = GallinulaChloropusIUCNver2019-2.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''G. chloropus'' {{leftlegend|#00FF00|Breeding|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#008000|Resident|outline=gray}}  {{leftlegend|#007FFF|Non-breeding|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#FF8080|Probably extinct|outline=gray}}
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = About five; see [[#Subspecies|text]]
| synonyms = *''Fulica chloropus'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}}
*''Fulica fusca'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1766}}
}}

The '''common moorhen''' ('''''Gallinula chloropus'''''), also known as the '''waterhen''', is a bird species in the [[Rail (bird)|rail]] family (Rallidae). It is distributed across many parts of the [[Old World]], across Africa, Europe, and Asia.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021"/> It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands.<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021"/> The species is not found in the [[polar regions]] or many [[tropical rainforest]]s; generally it is one of the commonest Old World rail species, together with the [[Eurasian coot]] in some regions.