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Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
29.8202, -94.3841
Field Notes
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.
Habitat:
Freshwater marshes with dense stands of floating vegetation
Notes:
The adult purple gallinules observed, do not like to swim in the water. When lily pad begins to sink from the birds weight, they will hop to another or fly to the nearest bank. But, the chicks are seen swimming or hopping to the bank.
Description & Habitat information obtained from:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Gallinule/lifehistory
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