Common Gallinule (chick)
Gallinula galeata
28.5364, -81.0176
Field Notes
Description:
Vocal and boldly marked, the species can be quite conspicuous, sometimes using its long toes to walk atop floating vegetation.
Adult Description
Dark, with white flank stripe.
Red bill and forehead.
Swims on surface of water like a duck.
Bill triangular like a chicken's, not flat like a duck's.
White stripe on sides of undertail.
Immature Description
Juvenile brownish-gray with drab maroon bill and no frontal shield.
Habitat:
Orlando Wetlands. The most widely distributed member of the rail family, the Common Gallinule inhabits marshes and ponds from Canada to Chile, from northern Europe to southern Africa, and across Asia to the Pacific.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 9, 2014
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