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Porphyrio martinicus
The candy corn bird (a.k.a. Purple Gallinule) has a blue, red, and a yellow tip beak, which is how they get their name of candy corn bird. These birds have large yellow feet made for walking on lily pads.
They can be found in marshy areas.
Spotted on Mar 6, 2013
Submitted on Mar 6, 2013
3 Comments
Thank you!!
Nice close up!
Cute!! I've never seen one of these, thanks for sharing your beautiful images with us!! :-)