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Purple Gallinule; Calamón

Porphyrio porphyrio

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Description:

A parent teaching a youngster how to get the juicy part of a reed stem. I am imagining captions for each of these images of what the parent is saying! Those big feet remind me of the African Jacana, a dainty bird with even bigger feet! And the juvenile is all foot with a tiny head!

Habitat:

Coastal marshes.

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedMay 28, 2014

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