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 attempting copulation Locality Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (United States)
Malcolm Mark Swan 26 April 2009 4 years ago 1 min 4 sec 4.9 -
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 5 years ago 41 sec 4.8 -
adults foraging before fleeing moorhen Locality Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (United States)
Malcolm Mark Swan 26 April 2009 4 years ago 46 sec 4.8 -
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 6 years ago 24 sec 4.7 -
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 6 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A bird forages through a swamp. Locality Chaparrí Reserve, Lambayeque Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Yoel Jimenez 16 November 2012 14 weeks ago 47 sec 4.3
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Adult
Locality Shark Valley, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (United States)
Paul Cools 10 February 2009 33 weeks ago 4.7 -
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 4 years ago 4.5 -
Sub-adult plumage
Locality Rahamut Trace, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 27 September 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Adult bird in the early morning sun.
Locality Caroni ricefields, Caroni, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 20 August 2011 1 year ago 4.1 -
Adult Purple Gallinule on boat dock.
Locality Everglades National Park, Florida, USA (United States)
kevinguse 27 April 2007 27 weeks ago 4 -
Adult bird in the early morning sun.
Locality Caroni ricefields, Caroni, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 20 August 2011 1 year ago 4
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