• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.
Purple Gallinule
raulqc

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

Only close-up I have manage to take from this elusive bird.
Habitat
Wetlands
Location
Wakodahatchee, FL
Date taken
2/9/2005
Scientific name
Porphyrio martinica
Equipment used
Canon Digital Rebel, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6
Albzm7 thanks for the corection. I also found that in several refence they use Porphyrula martinica. (Of course Porphyrula Gallinule was wrong). Thanks again.
 
This bird has so many colours, just about covers the colour spectrum. A lovely shot so bright and clear.
 

Media information

Category
North America
Added by
raulqc
Date added
View count
230
Comment count
4

Share this media

Back
Top