Habitat
Permanent and temporary freshwater wetlands such as papyrus swamps, reedbeds, marshes with rushes and open water, ponds with floating vegetation, flood-plains and pans with emergent grass, sedges and floating plants, rank vegetation on the edges of ponds, dams, rivers and forest streams, rice-fields, flooded farmland, sewage ponds, seasonally inundated grassland, gravel pits and coastal lagoons.
Lesser Moorhen (Paragallinula angulata) [XC403523]
by Gary Allport from Maputo, Cidade de Maputo, Mozambique (call, song)
Lesser Moorhen (Paragallinula angulata) [XC791485]
by id from Kamfinsa Area, Copperbelt Province, Zambia (call)
Nest
A pad of grass or sedge with a shallow cup that is usually placed on the surface of water or up to 5 cm above it (water typically 20-100 cm deep). Alternatively in emergent grass or sedges up to 1.5 m tall.