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Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Photo by Tamarac Denis
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Spotted in small wooded area (Quintana Neotropical Bird Sanctuary), quarter mile from the beach (Gulf).

Notes:

Gallinule must have been tired from migrating. It was busy eating insects in the grass ignoring me taking photos just a few feet away.

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PublishedMay 12, 2013

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