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Common Name

Spot Flanked Gallinule

Alternate Names

Common Type

Gallinule

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae

Genus

Porphyriops

Species

melanops

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Argentina,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Swamps and freshwater lakes

Distribution and Range

Bolivia and Peru south to Argentina and Chile

Food

Diet includes a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures.

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Field Notes:

The male has an elaborate courtship display, holding water weeds in his bill and bowing to the female with loud chuckles. Was introduced to Florida in the late 1990s due to avicultural escapee. Attempts to eradicate the birds have failed and they have multiplied. It is likely that they will become an established part of Florida's avifauna

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