Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Fairly common in coastal NC and less common westward, Common Gallinules (formerly known as Common Moorhens) are easily recognized by rich red forehead sheild and bill, dark body plumage with white in tail and white wing edge (parallel with or angling to waterline).

	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Viera Wetlands, Brevard Co., FL 27 Dec 2006 Handheld Digiscoped
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Viera Wetlands, Brevard Co., FL 27 Dec 2006 Handheld Digiscoped
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Viera Wetlands, Brevard Co., FL 27 Dec 2006 Handheld Digiscoped

	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 4 Feb 2015
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 4 Feb 2015
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 4 Feb 2015
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 4 Feb 2015

	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands, Collier Co., FL 11 Feb 2014
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands, Collier Co., FL 11 Feb 2014
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Eagle Lakes Park, Collier Co., FL 11 Feb 2014
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Eagle Lakes Park, Collier Co., FL 11 Feb 2014
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Eagle Lakes Park, Collier Co., FL 11 Feb 2014

	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 3 Feb 2016
	Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 3 Feb 2016

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