{i} black gallinule, water bird with black feathers and red beak that dwells in lakes and swampy lands; female red grouse
a black bird that lives beside streams and lakes. or common gallinule Bird of the migratory gallinule species (Gallinula chloropus, family Rallidae) of Europe, Africa, and eastern North America. Moorhens are blackish and have a scarlet frontal shield (fleshy plate on the forehead). In North America, the moorhen is sometimes called the Florida gallinule