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.

On the breeding of the Purple Gallinule in captivity.

The purple gallinule preys on jacana eggs and offspring.

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.

This article is about the new-world Purple Gallinule, (Porphyrio martinicus).

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.

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

For the new-world equivalent (Porphyrio martinicus), see American Purple Gallinule.

The Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.

Other signature species are American Alligator, Bobcat, Yellow Rail, and Purple Gallinule.

Britain's third American Purple Gallinule found dead on 24 January 2011 on Dartmoor, Devon.

Britain's second American Purple Gallinule found dead in April or May 2008 at Old Warden Bedfordshire.

American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica (formerly Porphyrula martinica)

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.

For information on the old-world bird Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio), see Purple Swamphen.

Purple Gallinule: Photos, vocalizations, notes from The Birds of the Interior of Ceará, Brazil.

Notable land-dwelling species include the American alligator and the bobcat, while notable bird species include the yellow rail, and purple gallinule, and the pelican.

At the widest part of the lake, she spotted a red-breasted merganser diving for fish, and she remembered how thrilled she was the day she actually saw a purple gallinule.

Tchernov, E. (1968): Peregrine Falcon and Purple Gallinule of late Pleistocene Age in the Sudanese Aswan Reservoir Area.

Also known locally as the Pūkeko, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot.

AMERICAN PURPLE GALLINULE Porphyrula martinica.

Of course, to see the iridescent-winged purple gallinule, breaching bottlenose dolphins and unmoving alligators soaking in the sun, you have to be willing to stop and venture into the saw-grass prairies and mangrove-lined waterways.