Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata
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(feet)The Common Gallinule (formerly the Common Moorhen) was split from the Common Moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. The Common Gallinule prefers freshwater marshes and is found throughout North America. Their diet consists of grasses, sedges and sometimes snails. The toes on the Common Moorhen are extremely long and there is no webbing. This supposedly makes it possible for them to walk on floating vegetation. As one of the pictures below shows, they can also run across water.
07/10/2012 - San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, San Diego, CA
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07/10/2012 - San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, San Diego, CA
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Juvenile in front
12/15/2010 - Royal Palm Visitor Center, Everglades, FL
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Juvenile on the left
12/15/2010 - Royal Palm Visitor Center, Everglades, FL
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10/11/2009 - Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, CA
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12/17/2010 - Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary, Davie, FL
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12/17/2010 - Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary, Davie, FL
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04/12/2013 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX
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04/12/2013 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX
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I like the bit of red at the top of the leg
04/15/2009 - Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, CA
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04/21/2012 - Brazos Bend State Park, TX
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02/13/2013 - San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, San Diego, CA
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Breeding plumage but wrong time of year
12/10/2013 - San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, San Diego, CA
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03/02/2009 - Jungle Gardens/Avery Island, Lousiana
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I like how it is running on top the water
03/02/2009 - Jungle Gardens/Avery Island, Lousiana
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04/16/2010 - Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
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11/14/2014 - Shark Valley, Everglades, FL
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11/15/2014 - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR, Florida
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11/15/2014 - Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee NWR, Florida
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