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Adults. Photo by Rodrigo Reyes
Location: Laguna Zapallar, Maitencillo, Chile

Juvenile. Photo by Gary Clark.
Location: Coquimbo, Chile

Gallinula melanops

[edit] Identification

Adult: Black face, grey head, neck and breast with a brown back, large white spots on the flank and conspicuous white undertail-coverts. Greenish-yellow bill and shield. Juvenile: Lacks grey plumage of adult. Bill and shield grey instead of green.

[edit] Distribution

Most of South America from Colombia to Chile and Argentina

[edit] Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• G. m. bogotensis - Temperate eastern Andes of Colombia
• G. m. melanops - Peru to eastern Bolivia, eastern Brazil to Uruguay and Paraguay
• G. m. crassirostris - Argentina and Chile

[edit] Habitat

Wetlands with lots of floating vegetation.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019

• List of references

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