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Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Photo by kathleen.lyn
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Field Notes

Description:

Pigeon-sized brown and gray bird

Habitat:

Feeding near cattails, Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin

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Common gallinule

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
StirredMocha
This is a juvenile Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) It was split from G. chloropus recently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_gallinule
kathleen.lyn
Thanks, Kibuyu, but I don't think that's right. According to my sources, the common moorhen doesn't come to the Western Hemisphere.
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PublishedOctober 12, 2014

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