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Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinicus

Habitat:

southern and tropical wetlands from the Southern U.S. down through the Amazon.

Notes:

This adult was out foraging on the floating vegetation early in the morning. It was accompanied by a young chick, and another juvenile that was in transition from the plain brown to the adult plumage. see spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/242...

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2 Comments

Holly11
Holly11 6 years ago

I love the colors! Beautiful!

Nayeli
Nayeli 7 years ago

Oh cute bird, it is very colorful! nice pics!

LivanEscudero
Spotted by
LivanEscudero

Florida, USA

Spotted on Dec 10, 2016
Submitted on Dec 11, 2016

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