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purple gallinule

  1. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
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    • Category: North America
  2. Purple Gallinule reflection..JPG

    Purple Gallinule reflection..JPG

    Swamp Hen, reflection.
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    • purple gallinule
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica).
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Category: North America
  4. A

    Southern Florida

    I'm in Southern Florida at the moment, and I've seen several new species: Commom Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Limpkin, Anhinga. But I took a boat tour into the Everglades. We saw some alligators, but not many. The visitors behind me were annoyed and asked things like, "Isn't there anything they...
  5. Purple gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio)

    Purple gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio)

    A family of Purple gallinules chicks seen from afar
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Got the Veggies!

    Got the Veggies!

    An American Purple Gallinule brings back some grub to it's mate and chicks.
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    • Category: North America
  7. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    This is an adult. One of North America's most colorful birds, the brilliantly patterned Purple Gallinule combines iridescent green, blue and purple plumage with a bright red and yellow bill. They are widespread in tropical areas of South America, less widespread in North America but fairly...
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    • Category: North America
  9. Purple Gallinule.jpg

    Purple Gallinule.jpg

    Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  10. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  11. Purple gallinules courting

    Purple gallinules courting

    These two purple gallinules faced each other from about 15 feet away, necks and heads up, and walked towards each other slowly until they were face to face...the female on the left then lowered her neck and head almost to the ground, while the male stayed upright...and finally the female turned...
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    • Category: North America
  12. Purple gallinule

    Purple gallinule

    Another bird found mostly in the Southeast U.S., and into South America - smaller and a bit more colorful than the grey-headed and purple swamphens, they can be easily distinguished by their light blue forehead patch, the yellow tip at the end of the bill, and the bright yellow legs.
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    • Category: North America
  13. Finally a real Purple Gallinule

    Finally a real Purple Gallinule

    Previously I posted a picture of the Grey headed Swamphen which i initially confused with the Purple Gallinule.
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    • Category: North America
  14. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    Purple gallinule standing on canes.
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  15. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    Taken on Turner River Road south of Naples, Fl.
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    • Category: North America
  16. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    Taken on Turner River Road, south of Naples, Florida.
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    • Category: North America
  17. One tasty dragonfly

    One tasty dragonfly

    The Purple Gallinule is a beautifully coloured bird, shaped similar to the moorhen, but a larger bird overall. It is a close relative to coots and rails, the immature Gallinules have a brown-bronze plumage and a white under-tail coverts. It has very large feet with long toes, enabling it to...
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  18. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    This one really surprised med. BTW I thought that Corny looked kind of different. lol
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    • Category: North America
  19. My favorite food...

    My favorite food...

    Purple gallinule eating fireflag buds.
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    • Category: North America
  20. Purple Gallinule Climbing for Blossoms

    Purple Gallinule Climbing for Blossoms

    This beauty was climbing pond apple to get to fireflag blossoms.
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    • Category: North America
  21. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) Sexes similar. Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Shoveler pond.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Category: North America
  22. Purple Gallinule (fledgling)

    Purple Gallinule (fledgling)

    Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) Fledgling. Ammo dump pond, northwest of Gamboa, Cocl Province, Panama. Open marsh with swampy edges. Surrounding area tropical rainforest at 55 m (180 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  23. Purple Gallinule (subadult)

    Purple Gallinule (subadult)

    Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) Subadult. First-year bird. Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes Vegetational Area. Shoveler Pond.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  24. Kaboom!

    Kaboom!

    Notice the shape of the water around it's neck: there was some impact when that head hit the water.
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    • Category: North America
  25. Immature Purple Gallinule

    Immature Purple Gallinule

    An immature Purple Gallinule, at Green Cat Wetlands, Boynton Beach, Florida.
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    • Category: North America
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