Purple Gallinule

Photo copyright: RP/monacoeye • Everglades

Bird name: Purple Gallinule
Latin: Porphyrio martinica
Other: American Purple Gallinule • Frango d’água-azul (Br)
Family: Rallidae • Rails
Range: Americas

Thanks to Bob for sending the above photo of an American Purple Gallinule seen in the Everglades in Florida.

Below, a couple of juveniles seen on the banks of the Chagres River in Central Panama





Photo copyright: monacoeye • Chagres River, Panama • May 2010