Purple Gallinule at Viera
Found this Purple Gallinule in Cell #2 at the Viera Wetlands today.....
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Thank you,Pam.
By the way, the "bird nerds" it seems are always changing the names of our bird species. What was at one time referred to as the Common or Florida Gallinule is now called the Common Moorhen.
There is another bird here in Florida near Miami that looks like the Purple Gallinule that is called a Purple Swamphen, it has red legs and a red frontal shield where the frontal shield on the Purple Gallinule is a pale blue color. The Purple Swamphen was introduced to the Miami area from Eurasia as escapees from zoos following a hurricane in the 1990's, and there is some concern that it may spread to other areas of the state.
More information on the Purple Swamphen in Florida - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/UW/UW31500.pdf
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