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Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Photo by LivanEscudero
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25.7066, -80.4049

Field Notes

Habitat:

wetland, ponds, canals

Notes:

Had a nesting pair for a while in the drainage pond by my house. Also seen in the pond at A. D. Barnes Park, in Miami, FL

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
LivanEscudero
*note: I've learn on this site that the common and scientific names were set as Common Gallinule and to G. galeata as of 2011, so I've changed them. The previous Moorhen and G.chloropus are reserve for the Eurasian species.

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Birds of the Southeast U.S.
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Birds of the World
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Florida Wetlands
Photographed
PublishedDecember 30, 2011

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