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Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Adult Description
Swims on surface of water like a duck and walks on floating plants rather like a chicken.
Dark purple head, neck, and underside.
Green back.
Red bill tipped with yellow.
Light blue forehead.
Bill triangular like a chicken's, not flat like a duck's.
Legs yellow.

Immature Description
Downy chick is black. Juvenile is buffy tan instead of purple, with greenish back, dull bill, dull blue frontal shield, and yellow legs.

Habitat:

Orlando Wetlands

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