How much does a common moorhen cost? Its status as a nationally protected animal, diet and nutritional value
The common moorhen is a bird of the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes, with 12 subspecies in total. It is widely distributed throughout the world except Oceania. So how much does one cost? Is it a nationally protected animal? What does it eat? What nutritional value does it have? It is understood that the price of the common moorhen varies from region to region, ranging from just over ten yuan to just over thirty yuan, and the specific price should be based on the local market price.
Is the common moorhen a nationally protected animal?
The common moorhen has a wide distribution range and is relatively common. It does not approach the thresholds for the vulnerability criteria of species survival (distribution area or fluctuation range less than 20000 sq km, habitat quality, population size, fragmentation of distribution area), and its population trend is stable, so it is evaluated as a species with no survival crisis. However, the common moorhen has been included in the 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ver3.1——Least Concern (LC) and in the "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals under State Protection that are Beneficial or of Important Economic or Scientific Research Value" issued by China's State Forestry Administration on August 1, 2000.
What does the common moorhen eat?
The common moorhen mainly eats tender leaves, young shoots and rhizomes of aquatic plants, as well as aquatic insects, worms, spiders, molluscs, snails and insect larvae, among which animal-based food predominates. It is active and forages during the day, mainly swimming along the edges of aquatic plants, carefully searching for and pecking at insects on leaves and stems or insects that have fallen into the water, and sometimes wading and feeding in shallow water at the water's edge.
What nutritional value does the common moorhen have?
[Nature and flavour] Sweet in taste; neutral in nature
[Meridian tropism] Enters the spleen, kidney and stomach meridians
[Functions and indications] Nourishes and strengthens the body; stimulates the appetite. Mainly for weakness of the spleen and stomach; diarrhoea, loss of appetite; indigestion