#gallinules

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 32, no. 10. October, 1971. Illustration by John W. Taylor.

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[meklarian]

Common Gallinule Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens Coral Gables, Florida, USA December, 2019

(more gallinules here)

[blogbirdfeather]

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Vila Franca de Xira/Portugal (5/08/2020)

[Nikon D500; ∑ 150/600mm C; 1/1600s; F9; 400 ISO]

[matthew-hunt]

Hawaiian Gallinule Kawai’ele Waterbird Sanctuary, Kauai

[thalassarche]

American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) - photo by Jeremy Cohen

[americanbirdconservancy]

Time for a cat ordinance on Kauai! Remote camera image of feral cat preying on Hawaiian Common Gallinule nest, April 22, 2017. Cameras were installed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in partnership with American Bird Conservancy and are run by B. Webber. This is an endangered subspecies of Common Gallinule. There have been 252 suspected cat kills of Hawaiian Common Gallinules, ‘Alae Ke‘oke‘o (Hawaiian Coots), Ae‘o (Hawaiian Stilts), Koloa Maoli (Hawaiian Ducks), and Kolea (Pacific Golden-Plover) in Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge between 2012 and 2014. #endangeredspecies #endangeredbirds #gallinules #moorhens #feralcats #wildliferefuge #hanalei #hanaleinationalwildliferefuge #wildliferefuges #catkills #kauaiwildlife #hawaiianbirds #hawaiian #birdsindanger #hawaiiancommonmoorhen #commongallinule #commonmoorhen #subspecies #notsocommonmoorhen

[uwmspeccoll]

A Rallidae #Feathursday

We think the rail family (Rallidae) is a very interesting taxonomic group of birds. Species of this family are found in almost every habitable region on Earth and there is considerable diversity, as represented by these coots, gallinules, and rails. Yet, they just don’t get the respect they deserve, so we’ve set aside this Feathursday to honor these fine feathered marsh-fowl with hand-colored prints by the American naturalist artist Rex Brasher from his massive 12-volume set Birds and Trees of North America, published by Brasher himself in a signed limited edition of 100 copies between 1929 and 1932.

Shown here are:

A family of American Coots American Coot (Fulica americana) Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) King Rail (Rallus elegans) Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)

Things we love about these birds: the exquisite lobed toes of the coots; the handsome frontal beak shields of both the gallinules and coots; the screaming-yellow legs of the Purple Gallinule; the extraordinarily long beak of the King Rail vs. the short, stubby beak of the Yellow Rail, which in this image forces the rail to stand on tippy-toes to capture its prey. We also love Rex Brasher’s pithy comment on the coot family:  “Wise parents know their children.”

Find out more about Rex Brasher’s work.

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[meklarian]

Common Gallinule Sweetwater Wetlands Park Tucson, Arizona, USA November, 2019

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