Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
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.
- Least Concern
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adults foraging before fleeing moorhen Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
Malcolm Mark Swan 26 April 2009 40 weeks ago 46 sec 4.7 -
adults attempting copulation Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA
Malcolm Mark Swan 26 April 2009 40 weeks ago 1 min 4 sec 4.7 -
An adult foraging in a wetland Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 2 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
An adult cautiously searching for food on a small pond. Tikal National Park, Petén, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 5 August 2005 3 years ago 24 sec 4.4 -
An adult preening and foraging on a small pond. Tikal National Park, Petén, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 5 August 2005 3 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
An adult perched on a branch Najasa, Cuba (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2004 4 years ago 34 sec 4.3
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Purple Gallinule Posing Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
DansPix 7 February 2007 24 weeks ago 4 -
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Male - standing at the edge of a small pond amongst the reeds. José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden, Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 20 June 2006 1 year ago 4 -
An individual perched in a leave. Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
kperezleon 16 September 2007 1 year ago 4 -
adult balancing on the reeds Penal, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 16 January 2009 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3 -
adult with young Carlsen Field, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Sanjiv Parasram 3 March 2008 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3 -
Juvenil Hacienda La Zuliana, Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
kperezleon 23 February 2009 34 weeks ago 3
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