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Purple Gallinule juvenile

Porphyrio martinicus

Photo by LivanEscudero
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Field Notes

Habitat:

southern and tropical wetlands ranging from southern north America down through the amazon.

Notes:

This young one is molting its feathers into the mature colors of an adult. It was out in the early morning along side an adult and a younger all brown chick (see last pick).

Reference Links:

Purple Gallinule, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedDecember 11, 2016

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