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purple gallinule

porphyrula martinica

Photo by Suresh
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

large toes for walking on lily pads,chest area is purplish that goes backward into shades of blue. bright yellow and red beak. short white feathers at rear

Habitat:

marsh areas

Notes:

lucky to get a picture of gallinule swimming

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Comments (2)

Lovely colours in pic 2. Nice shots and information! Thanks Suresh.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2014

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