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American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica   [Linnaeus, 1766]
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Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae
BTO Codes: , AMPGA EURING No: 4260
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 33 cm Wingspan: 52 cm Weight: M/F: 240 g    
Scientific name from: L.: porphyrio=swamphen and after Martinique, West Indies
World Distribution: Locally in Americas
Habitat: Rush-bordered lily ponds
Diet: Mostly aquatic plants, also invertebrates
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Isles of Scilly, 1958 (Parslow, J.L.F. 1960. British Birds 53:145-149)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 1 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: No Records
   North-east England: No Records
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: No Records
   South-east England: No Records
   South-west England: Isles of Scilly (1958),
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Purple Gallinule
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Amerikansk sultanhøne Dutch: Amerikaans Purperhoen
Finnish: Purppurakana French: Talève pourprée
German: Amerika-Sultanshuhn Hungarian: Törpe szultántyúk
Icelandic: Flóðhæna Irish:
Italian: Pollo sultano americano Norwegian: Amerikapurpurhøne
Polish: Sultanka amerykanska Portuguese: Caimão-americano
Spanish: Calamon de la Martinica Swedish: Amerikansk sultanhöna
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
   Taylor, B. & van Perlo, B. 1998 Rails Pica Press, Sussex [598.554 TAY]
See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Wikipedia entry
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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