Macaulay Library Photos for Purple Gallinule
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Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
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Adult
Medium-sized marsh bird with long yellow legs. Adults are an brilliant purple with a bright red-and-yellow bill.
© Geoff Hill
Juvenile
Juveniles are pale brown with tints of bronze-green on the wings and back. Note white undertail coverts and long toes.
© Jamie Baker
Immature
Immature birds are bronze above with purple feathers coming in on the chest. The bill and forehead shield are pale.
© José Frade
Adult
Flies with legs hanging down when going short distances. Note iridescent bronze, green, and blue back and red-and-yellow bill.
© Alex Lamoreaux
Adult
Adults have a blue shield on the forehead and a bright red-and-yellow bill. In good light their backs shine with green and turquoise colors. Can swim like a duck and walk on vegetation.
© Brad Dawson
Adult
Their long toes help them grab onto stems of marsh plants and walk on top of floating vegetation.
© Chris Wood
Adult
Brilliant purple marsh bird with a red-and-yellow bill and long yellow legs. Walks on top of floating marsh vegetation, often pushing its head forward with each step.
© Christine Jacobs
Habitat
Found in freshwater marshes with dense stands of floating vegetation.
© Nick Dorian