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Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Description:

about a foot - foot and a half big

Habitat:

Spotted at Toronto Zoo, Ontario

1 Species ID Suggestions

RachelM
RachelM 12 years ago
Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica American Purple Gallinule


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4 Comments

riversnoahep
riversnoahep 12 years ago

So cool!!! <3

yulia8473
yulia8473 12 years ago

i was thinkig that all the coloring is the result of the lighting, i will leave it as the gallinule for now to remove from unknown spottings, but will still investigate

NicoleLook
NicoleLook 12 years ago

It is gorgeous whatever it is.

CynthiaMHori
CynthiaMHori 12 years ago

not a purple gallinule - they dont have all that color in the wing

yulia8473
Spotted by
yulia8473

Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Sep 5, 2010
Submitted on May 5, 2011

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