Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) - HBW 3, p. 198
French: Talève violacée
German: Zwergsultanshuhn
Spanish: Calamoncillo Americano
Other common names: Purple Gallinule(!)
Taxonomy: Fulica martinica Linnaeus, 1766, Martinique, West Indies.
Sometimes placed in Gallinula or Porphyrula. Forms superspecies with P. alleni. Monotypic.
Distribution: Interior E USA; Pacific coast from Nayarit and Atlantic coast from Maryland and Delaware, S through SE USA, Central America, West Indies and N & C South America S to S Peru and N Argentina. N populations winter S from Texas and Florida.
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adults foraging before fleeing moorhen Locality Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (United States)
Malcolm Mark Swan 26 April 2009 2 years ago 46 sec 4.8 -
adults attempting copulation Locality Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (United States)
Malcolm Mark Swan 26 April 2009 2 years ago 1 min 4 sec 4.7 -
An adult foraging in a wetland Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 4 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
An adult cautiously searching for food on a small pond. Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 5 August 2005 5 years ago 24 sec 4.4 -
An adult preening and foraging on a small pond. Locality Tikal National Park, Petén Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 5 August 2005 5 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
Feeding on a sorghum plant then flying away. Locality Lagoa dos Gatos, Pernambuco State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 9 July 2010 1 year ago 22 sec 4.3
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Male - standing at the edge of a small pond amongst the reeds.
Locality José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 20 June 2006 3 years ago 4.3 -
Sub-adult plumage
Locality Rahamut Trace, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 27 September 2011 18 weeks ago 4 -
Adult bird in the early morning sun.
Locality Caroni ricefields, Caroni, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 20 August 2011 24 weeks ago 4 -
Adult bird in the early morning sun.
Locality Caroni ricefields, Caroni, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 20 August 2011 24 weeks ago 4 -
Purple Gallinule Posing
Locality Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA (United States)
DansPix 7 February 2007 2 years ago 4 -
An individual perched in a leave.
Locality Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 16 September 2007 3 years ago 4
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