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Purple Gallinule?

Posted by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sat Dec 23, 2023 3:33 pm

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Shot this in Wakodahatchee, Florida. Has the plumage of an adult Purple Gallinule, but doesn't have a pale blue shield and the beak is the wrong color.
I'm thinking it might be a hybrid.
Any thoughts?

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by david fletcher on Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:24 pm

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No idea from me Richard, but it does look like a Purple Gallinule, other than the head doesn't have the blue patch and that beak is missing the red band. It's legs are pinkish too, rather than yellow so it may be a morphing juvenile, halfway to adulthood. Just a thought? TFS.

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by Karl Egressy on Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:50 pm

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Nice find and image. I think Dave is right, it is a juvi.

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:30 pm

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Great find and eye contact, I like the tilted head.

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by Mike Danzenbaker on Sat Dec 23, 2023 6:32 pm

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Look up Purple Swamphen, or Gray-headed Swamphen, a non-native bird often found in Florida marshes.

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by Mary Brun on Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:50 am

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It has an incredible color! Wonderful!

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