Species factsheet

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)

Order: Gallinula galeata
Family: Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae)

Danish name:

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Subspecies and Distribution

sandvicensis

Hawaiian Is.

cachinnans

se Canada, USA to w Panama, Bermuda, Galapagos Is.

cerceris

Greater and Lesser Antilles

barbadensis

Barbados

pauxilla

e Panama, n and w Colombia, w Ecuador, nw Peru

garmani

Andes of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina

galeata

Trinidad, the Guianas south to Uruguay and n Argentina

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