gallinule

This small gallinule had a length of about 25 cm.

"Many conversations begin with, 'Did you hear about the gallinule?' "

Purple Gallinule is an alternative name for two species of birds in the rail family.

Purple gallinule and least bittern also breed on the lake.

But the one thing of which she is certain is that T. C. did not kill the gallinule.

Normally, the gallinule, or Porphyrula flavirostrios, lives in warm marsh land.

Mrs. Wright is still excited about the gallinule.

The purple gallinule preys on jacana eggs and offspring.

Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the Common Gallinule remains plentiful and widespread.

Her sire was the good stallion, Gallinule who was also a roarer and bleeder.

A godwit balances steadily on a long leg while the purple gallinule strides by in feathered self-importance.

The last of these pit stops occurred near a kidney-shaped pond in which a large alligator was wolfing down a purple gallinule.

These are the unanswered questions surrounding the discovery of the gallinule, an ungainly bird that has never been seen in flight north of Venezuela.

The event is named after Gallinule, the Irish-based sire of Pretty Polly.

The adult Purple gallinule has big yellow feet, purple-blue plumage with a green back, and red and yellow bill.

At least two species, the Common Moorhen and the American Purple Gallinule, have been considered pests.

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Thayer asserts that such brightly colored species as the European kingfisher and the purple gallinule are camouflaged:

It is a habitat for birds like the common gallinule, invertebrates, fish, and is a nursery for other sea dwelling fish.

Viti Levu Gallinule, ?

Mr. Kolodnicki said the gallinule might have belonged to a man in Dix Hills, not far from here, who collected unusual birds.

Gallinula galeata (Common Gallinule)

I understand that Moahu is no great way from Hawaii, which is known to possess a wide variety of honeysuckers and even a gallinule with a scarlet forehead.'

A recent stroll found several, plus green and tri-colored herons, red-bellied turtles, a shy purple gallinule, endless double-crested cormorants and nearly a dozen alligators.

The 'American Purple Gallinule' ('Porphyrio martinica') is a "swamp hen" in the rail (bird) family Rallidae.