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Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)

A Purple Gallinule portrait

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    Ernst
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    Nice to see some of your photos again Posted one year ago
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      Thanks Ernst, great to hear from you! I'll be a bit more active on here now that I've completed university and I've spent two years trying to improve my craft. I've a lot of photos to post haha. Posted one year ago

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The Purple Gallinule

The purple gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family, Rallidae. Also known locally as the yellow-legged gallinule. The genus name "Porphyrio" is the Latin for "swamphen", and "martinica" is "of Martinique".

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Similar species: Crane-like Birds
Species identified by Wesley Goorachan
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By Wesley Goorachan

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Uploaded Jun 11, 2024. Captured Nov 26, 2023 15:48 in 8GHW+99 Claxton Bay, Trinidad and Tobago.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/320s
  • ISO3200
  • 600mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.