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	NatureWorks - Purple Gallinule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The purple gallinule is a brightly colored marsh bird that is about the size of a chicken.
		Female purple gallinules lay six to ten eggs in a nest of dead tree stems and leaves.
		The purple gallinule is not a very good flyer, but it is an excellent wader.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/purplegallinule.htm (229 words)

	American Purple Gallinule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.
		Their breeding habitat is warm swamps and marshes in southeastern states of the United States and the tropical regions of Central America and the Caribbean.
		The nest is a floating structure in a marsh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Purple_Gallinule (285 words)

	American Purple Gallinule
		The American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) is a bird in the rail family Rallidae.
		Their breeding habitat is warm swamps from in southeastern states of the USA and the tropical New World.
		The nest is a floating structure in a marsh, and 6-10 eggs are laid.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/a/am/american_purple_gallinule.html (148 words)

	Purple Gallinule Montezuma
		Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica), Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge,Seneca Co., NY, 23 September and 12 October 2002.
		Alternating between remaining invisible in the reeds and walking around about 20 feet away from the road, an immature Purple Gallinule was present along the main drive at Montezuma NWR from 20 September 2002 until well into October.
		American Coot has dark undertail coverts, and Common Moorhen has white divided by a big fl patch in the middle.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /crows/purplegallinule.htm (357 words)

	American Coot - Whatbird.com
		National Geographic's Handheld Birds is the first North American multimedia software program to empower birders of all levels with easy-to-use, mobile, and interactive referencing capabilities via a PDA.
		American Coot: Medium-sized, chicken-like swimming bird, dark gray to fl overall except for short, white bill and undertail coverts.
		American Coot: Breeds from British Columbia, western Canada, and New York locally southward.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/65/_/American_Coot.aspx (508 words)

	Birds - Purple Gallinules
		Similar to Gallinula, but having a more slender form and oval rather than slit-like nostrils, are the beautiful Purple Gallinules, of which several genera are recognized, all with handsome plumage of chiefly opaque blue, purple, and green.
		The American Purple Gallinule (Ionornis martinica), mainly of tropical and warm temperate America, is about twelve and one half inches long, with the upper parts a bright olive-green, brighter on the wings, and the head, neck, and lower parts dark, rich purplish blue.
		The nest according to Audubon is placed at a height of two to three feet from the ground, in a dense cluster of rushes fastened together by the birds.
	www.oldandsold.com /birds/bd2-8.shtml (278 words)

	Purple Swamphen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Purple Swamphens are considered to be the ancestors of several island species including the extinct Lord Howe Swamphen and two species of Takahē in New Zealand.
		The Purple Swamphen itself, deriving from a later self-introduction, is a native of New Zealand, where it is called the Pūkeko.
		Purple Swamphen is occasionally recorded as an escape from captivity in Britain and elsewhere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Purple_Swamphen (555 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Rallidae - Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
		Breeding Range (see map below): The Purple Gallinule is resident or breeds in the southeastern United States, particularly along the southern Atlantic Coast and Gulf Coast.
		Habitat: The Purple Gallinule is found in freshwater marshes, particularly those crowded with water lilies and other broad-leaved aquatic plants.
		Behavior: The Purple Gallinule is commonly seen walking around the marsh on the tops of lily pads supported by its very long toes.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/cranes/Pmartin.htm (273 words)

	Purple Gallinule-Moments in time
		This is an American Purple Gallinule (Prophyrio martinica), a swamp hen in the rail family Rallidae.
		Confusingly, there is another bird that was formerly known as a Purple Gallinule but is now known as the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio).
		While the American Purple Gallinule can be found in the Southern US, Central America and the Caribbean, the Purple Swamphen is found in Southern Europe, Africa, tropical Asia and Australasia.
	www.pnjwood.com /fotoblog/?showimage=369 (199 words)

	Allen's Gallinule - Hopton 1902
		The bird was identified with the aid of books and skins lent by a Professor Newton, in particular it was the plate in Dresser's Birds of Europe which apparently clinched the identification.
		Porphyriola martinica the American Purple Gallinule and P.
		Allen's Gallinule has occurred several times in Europe, and not surprisingly for a sub-saharan bird most records are from the Mediterranean region, particularly Italy and Spain.
	home.clara.net /ammodytes/RARITYGALLINULE.htm (528 words)

	Titian Ramsay Peale Sketches, American Philosophical Society
		Peale executed several drawings of new American birds for Charles Lucien Bonaparte's supplement to Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology (Philadelphia, 1825-1833), and was hired by Say to prepare 54 colored plates for a three-volume American Entomology (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum, 1824-1828).
		In 1825, he returned to south Florida, and from the fall of 1830 through the spring of 1832, he toured the Magdalena River, Colombia, sketching and collecting huge numbers of butterflies and other specimens.
		A circumnavigation of the globe that included stops at places as far flung as Fiji and the Philippines, the northwest Pacific Coast and California, the Wilkes Expedition was one of the most ambitious American expeditions of the mid-century.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/p/pealetr.htm (1708 words)

	All About Birds
		A beautifully colored bird of southern and tropical wetlands, the Purple Gallinule can be see walking on top of floating vegetation or clambering through dense shrubs.
		The Purple Gallinue is essentially a tropical marshbird that just makes its way into the United States.
		The Purple Gallinule, despite appearing to be an awkward flier, regularly turns up in northern states and southen Canada.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Purple_Gallinule.html (143 words)

	Photo Trip USA Showcase - Nature Photography
		This Gallinule made a surprise visit - the first one we had ever seen.
		It was out in the open sun, midday and I was caught with slow film and had to shoot with a 600mm lens at f16/22 (small aperture required for minimal depth of field at the close distance).
		This required the Gallinule to remain perfectly still for each exposure of about 1/20 second.
	www.phototripusa.com /e_gallery_0201.html (1147 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online:
		First to come are the students, beating their parents in the lemming-like rush to the sea, sand and sun (not too mention the occasional cold beer), followed by the early tide of people from upcountry and then the final wave of Gautengers.
		The purple gallinule emerged a few weeks ago on a small, and most attractive, farm dam near the main R61 at Palm Beach.
		Global bird migrations continue to hold man in awe, but most of them tend to be longitudinal, between the northern and southern hemisphere continents, and not latitudinal, between the western and eastern ones.
	www.mg.co.za /articledirect.aspx?articleid=142533 (856 words)

	News from the Falklands July 2000
		A survey in 1990 indicated a population of about 20,000 animals in the Falkland Islands but very little is known about their diet and nothing about their foraging habits.
		Unlike the more numerous Antarctic fur seals of South Georgia, the South American species stay close to their breeding colonies throughout the year.
		American Purple Gallinule (Prophyrula martinica) - for the second winter running one dea bird was found at Teal Inlet.
	www.falklands-nature.demon.co.uk /news/news0700.html (743 words)

	the SASOL Bird e-Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		There is a patch of white plumage under the tail, which is made obvious by the birds habit of flicking the short tail upwards.
		The Purple Swamphen is found in large reedbeds and marshes, and in smaller reedbeds around the edges of dams and pans.
		The African Purple Swamphen eats roots, tubers, stems, flowers, grain, insects birds eggs and young and virtually anything else that is edible.
	www.birdlife.org.za /fieldguide/book/species_info.php?id=123 (261 words)

	Pukeko Photo \| TrekNature
		The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), formerly also known as the Purple Gallinule, is a large bird in the family Rallidae.
		It should not be confused with the American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica.
		I like the way you presented this shot of the Purple Swamphen and the fine light contrasting BG.
	www.treknature.com /gallery/Asia/India/photo83070.htm (265 words)

	B-Mail(sm): ID-FRONTIERS for September 25-30, 2005
		I think this bird might be a juvenile/1w according to plumage pattern and that, given size and structure, the option of Allen's Purple Gallinule (P.alleni) in a rather juvenile stage should be taken into account.
		However, if what the photo seems to show as yellowish legs could be confirmed and the wings falling shorter than tail ratio is also correct, plus the pale bill and face pattern are as seems to be, this might well be that species.
		Perhaps Allen's Gallinule may be a better fit given the location, though I can't see too much in the photos to back up this suggestion...
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/idfrontiers/200509/w4/index.html (5406 words)

	Pukeko
		The Pukeko, Porphyrio porphyrio, also called the Purple Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, is a large bird in the family Rallidae.
		Their breeding habitat is usually warm reedbeds across southernmost Europe, Africa, tropical Asia, and Australasia.
		There is a similar but much smaller species in North America, the American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica.
	www.fishandgame.org.nz /SITE_Default/SITE_kids/Features/Pukeko.asp (589 words)

	2002 Miami, Florida ~ Archive ~ Conferences ~ American Birding Association
		Waders observed on Conference field trips included American and Least Bitterns, Reddish Egret, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, both White and Glossy Ibises, Roseate Spoonbill, and Wood Stork — along with all of the more common egrets and herons.
		Other waterbirds of note were Anhinga, Magnificent Frigatebird, Mottled Duck, Clapper, King, and Virginia Rails, Sora, Purple Gallinule, Common Moorhen, Limpkin, Sandhill Crane, and Black Skimmer.
		All material displayed on the ABA website is subject to copyright protection either by the ABA or its associates and should not be reproduced in any form without the express prior written consent of ABA.
	www.americanbirding.org /mtgs/conferences/archive/2002miami.html (782 words)

	Migratory game: waterfowl
		Feed by tipping up or dabbling; "spring" into the air on take off and can walk more easily than diver ducks because legs are closer to center of body.
		Most have an iridescent upper wing patch — mallard, pintail, American wigeon, northern shoveler, gadwall, wood duck, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal.
		Shorebirds and wading birds: common snipe, American woodcock, purple gallinule, common moorhen, rails, American coot, sandhill crane.
	homestudy.ihea.com /wildlifeID/079waterfowl.htm (208 words)

	purple. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
		Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.
		Middle English, from Old English purpul, from purpure, purple garment, from Latin purpura, shellfish yielding purple dye, purple cloth, purple, from Greek porphur
	www.bartleby.com /61/3/P0670300.html (128 words)

	STRANDFONTEIN SEWAGE WORKS
		Most of the ponds are fringed by reedbeds, which are inhabited by Purple Gallinule, Black Crake and Purple Heron.
		The coastal pans, adjacent to Baden-Powell Drive, usually have small numbers of African Black Oystercatcher, and there is a vast roost of Cape Cormorant, sometimes numbering in the tens of thousands.
		Over the last few years there have been a number of interesting vagrants, including Garganey, American Purple Gallinule, American Golden Plover, Blacktailed Godwit, Rednecked Phalarope, Franklin's Gull and Grey Wagtail.
	www.sabirding.co.za /birdspot/010107.asp (334 words)

	The Australia Birding List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Birds Australia recommended that in Australia 'Purple Swamphen' > should be used as a new common name for P porphyrio.
		I think in the earlier discussions people were really talking about whether it had a different coloured front, irrespective of what that colour should be called.
		Certainly recognisable from the books showing blue or purple or whatever, and definitely more contrast in the colours than in the museum.
	server1.birdingonthe.net /mailinglists/AUSB.html (9254 words)

	gallinule - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "gallinule" at HighBeam.
		Birders flock to see purple gallinule in Valley: Found mostly in South and Central America, it makes rare appearance in Lower Macungie.
		More information is at your fingertips at HighBeam Research:
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-gallinul.html (89 words)

	Stop Press
		On their way to see their team play away against Leeds United that afternoon, they had called at Boldon Flats to twitch the American Wigeon there since the previous weekend.
		What their eyes were about to focus on, on being invited back to the Williams household, meant they finished the day in ecstasy, despite the 2-0 defeat of their beloved Shrimpers.
		The superb, new, comprehensive photographic identification guide to North American waders (including vagrants), with 492 pages and c.900 high quality colour photographs.
	www.birdingworld.co.uk /StopPress1.htm (1674 words)

	purple gallinule - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		purple gallinule - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary
		A colorful gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) of South America and the southeast United States, having a purple head, neck, and underpart, a greenish-bronze back, yellow legs, and yellow-tipped red bill.
		A related Old World gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) having dark, bluish-purple plumage and red legs.
	www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/p/p0670350.html (62 words)

	purple grackle - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		purple grackle - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary
		A geographic race of the common grackle ranging from the Middle Atlantic States to Florida, distinguished from the bronze grackle by its dull purple back.
		The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
	www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/p/p0670375.html (44 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Glossy Ibis
		All around, birds of many feathers fed, swam, rested and flew: Fulvous whistling ducks, anhingas, glossy ibis, purple gallinule, American kestrels, limpkins...
		The glossy ibis shows off its burnished purple chestnuts and greens as a refuge regular.
		A glossy ibis was seen on North Monomoy Island in Chatham on Aug. 16.
	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Glossy_Ibis.htm (1906 words)

	Gallinule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gallinule is a common name that refers to some birds of the rail family Rallidae.
		Purple Swamphen, or Purple Gallinule, also known as the Sultana Bird, Porphyrio porphyrio
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gallinule (91 words)

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