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Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Gray-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
Green HeronButorides virescens
Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeus
Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 219,294 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 35,144 |
| Georgia | 5,511 |
| Alabama | 5,105 |
| South Carolina | 3,538 |
| Canada | 2,507 |
| New York | 1,677 |
| Ontario | 1,578 |
| Oklahoma | 1,200 |
| New Jersey | 1,200 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Cranes, Rails, and Allies · Gruiformes |
| Family | Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae |
| Genus | Swamphens and Blue Gallinules · Porphyrio |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of Bogota Capital District, Colombia
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Purple Gallinule with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.