Like the community answer, it is correct that moorhen is the name of the species and not the gender. Within moorhens, there are cocks and hens like with other bird species, but moorhen is the name of the species itself.
So the male here would be called a moorhen cock (or cockerel).
A male Moorhen is the same - a moorhen. The hen in this is not seen as the gender of the animal. Both male and female are called Moorhen.
A group of moorhens is called a plump.
rooster
A cockerel
A father fowl is called a rooster or a cockerel.
Female chickens are knows as hens. Male chickens are known as roosters.
Hen. A rooster is a chicken of the male gender, so the opposite (in gender) is the female, or hen.
A drake is a male duck, and the female is simply called a duck, or a hen.
Depends on the kind of fowl. A female chicken is called a "chicken" or a "hen". A female mallard is called a "mallard", a "hen" or a "hen mallard". A female turkey is called a "hen", a "turkey" or a "turkey hen". Generally, a female of any sort of fowl may be called a "hen" other than young chicken females, who are called "pullets".
a female hen is called a hen. A hen is a female chicken and a rooster is a male
A father fowl is called a rooster or a cockerel.
Female=hen, Male=rooster
A guinea hen. A male one is called a guinea cock.
The female parrot is called a hen. This is the general name that is used for all birds where male is the cock and the female a hen.
The name of a male ostrich is a "cock". The name of a female ostrich is a hen. The newly hatched ostrich is a chick.
a rooster/ cock
A female goose is a hen or a goose. A male goose is called a gander or a goose.
In species where the male is called a cock, the female is generally called a hen.
Hen. Turkey - the young are referred to as a poult, or chick. The female is referred to as a hen, and the male a tom.
What ever you name it. But in general a female Turkey is called a "Hen." and a male Turkey is called a "Tom."
The female is a hen, the male is a cock.