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Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
32.1577, -81.1115
Field Notes
Description:
Medium, chicken-like marsh bird with gray-brown back and slate-gray head, neck, breast, and belly. Upper flanks show distinct white line. Yellow-tipped red bill is short with red frontal plate extending onto forehead. Tail is white below. Long legs and unwebbed feet are yellow-green.
Habitat:
Wetlands
Notes:
Species recently split from Common Moorhen.
Reference Links:
Common Moorhen - Whatbird.com
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 29, 2011
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