Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Rails, Gallinules and Coots :: Azure Gallinule

Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris

Described by: Gmelin (1789)
Alternate common name(s): Little Gallinule
Old scientific name(s): Porphyrula parvus, Gallinula flavirostris, Porphyrula flavirostris

Photographs

Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia, Brazil - Mar, 2003 © Arthur Grosset 
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Range

Tropical South America;
Two main populations and several small isolated populations;
Se. Colombia, s. Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Guiana, e. Ecuador and ne. Peru through n. and c. Brazil (c. and e. Bahia (Salvador, Rio Jequitionha in Itapebi, the bare hills of Chapeu), n. and e. Bolivia. Paraguay to ex. ne. Argentina (Formosa). Ex. se. Brazil.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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