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The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. [ 3 ] It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas.
The purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) is a swamphen in the genus Porphyrio. It is in the order Gruiformes, meaning "crane-like", an order which also contains cranes, rails, and crakes. The purple gallinule is a rail species, placing it into the family Rallidae. It is also known locally as the yellow-legged gallinule.
In the related common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) of the Americas, the frontal shield has a fairly straight top and is less wide towards the bill, giving a marked indentation to the back margin of the red area. The common moorhen gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened. [12]
American purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus of the New World Index of animals with the same common name This page is an index of articles on animal species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
They are often referred to as (black) gallinules. Recently, one of the species of Gallinula was found to have enough differences to form a new genus Paragallinula with the only species being the lesser moorhen ( Paragallinula angulata ).
Common gallinule, Gallinula galeata (n) American coot, Fulica americana (n) Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus (A) Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis (n) Cranes
It includes some smaller species of gallinules which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula. The Porphyrio gallinules are distributed in the warmer regions of the world. The group probably originated in Africa in the Middle Miocene, before spreading across the world in waves ...
The purple swamphen has been split into the following species: [1] [2] [3] Western swamphen , Porphyrio porphyrio , southwest Europe and northwest Africa African swamphen , Porphyrio madagascariensis , sub-Saharan continental Africa and Madagascar