- Porphyrio flavirostris
Identification
- Pale greenish-yellow bill and frontal shield
- Greenish-blue wing coverts
- Brown back and tail
- White throat and underparts
- Yellow legs.
Distribution
Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Argentina and Brazil.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.[1]
Habitat
Freshwater marshes with floating vegetation, also marshy river and lakeside edges.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes invertebrates, insects and seeds taken from water and vegetation.
Breeding
The nest is an open leafy cup hidden in dense marshy vegetation. The four or five eggs are incubated by both adults.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibirds
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Azure Gallinule. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 22 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Azure_Gallinule
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
