Spot-flanked Gallinule

Porphyriops melanops

Least Concern

The Spot-flanked Gallinule is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across the species' range. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family
Rallidae
Range
Spot-flanked Gallinule Range — Resident or seasonal range in freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across the species' range
Population
≈ Unknown
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