Gallinule

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Gallinule refers to some birds of the rail family Rallidae. They include:

• Purple Swamphen, or Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio
• Allen's Gallinule, Porphyrio alleni
• American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica
• Azure Gallinule, Porphyrula flavirostris
• Common Moorhen, or Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus