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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.
Purple gallinule is an alternative name for two species of birds in the rail family. It can refer to: Purple swamphen, a group of closely related species of swamphen ...
Porphyrio is the swamphen or swamp hen bird genus in the rail family.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 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.
Common gallinule, Gallinula (chloropus) galeata, recently split by the AOU, other committees still evaluating; Dusky moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa; Former members of the genus: Lesser moorhen, Paragallinula angulata; Spot-flanked gallinule, Porphyriops melanops; Black-tailed native hen, Tribonyx ventralis; Tasmanian native hen, Tribonyx mortierii
Azure gallinule Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae Genus: Porphyrio Species: P. flavirostris Binomial name Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, JF, 1789) Synonyms Porphyrula flavirostris The azure gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris) is a species of bird in subfamily ...
The closely related common gallinule G. galeata of the New World, and the tristan moorhen G. nesiotis and gough moorhen G. comeri of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, formerly often regarded as conspecific, are now treated as a separate species by all the ornithological authorities, [6] following the discovery of significant genetic differences ...
Porphyrio madagascariensis - MHNT. The African swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis) is a species of swamphen occurring in Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but with bronze green or green-blue back and scapulars.