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  6. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
  7. Swamphens and Blue Gallinules

genus

Swamphens and Blue Gallinules

Porphyrio

Includes
1 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Australasian Swamphen present
  • Purple Gallinule native
  • Gray-headed Swamphen introduced
  • Western Swamphen
  • South Island Takahē
  • Allen's Gallinule

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native swamphens and blue gallinules All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 21,205 observations

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