Azure Gallinule
A species of Swamphens Scientific name : Porphyrio flavirostris Genus : Swamphens
Azure Gallinule, A species of Swamphens
Botanical name: Porphyrio flavirostris
Genus: Swamphens
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Description
Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
The azure gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. The bill and frontal shield is a pale greenish-yellow. The wing coverts are greenish-blue while the back and tail are browner. The throat and underparts are white while the legs are yellow. It is found in freshwater marshes where there is floating vegetation and this includes marshy edges of rivers and lakes. Nest is an open cup of leaves concealed in dense marsh vegetation. Clutch size is 4-5 eggs, incubated by both parents. Diet consists of invertebrates, insects and seeds taken from water and vegetation. Climbs in reed stems to bend them over water to pick up food. 
Size
26 cm
Feeding Habits
Azure Gallinule consumes a variety of grass seeds, insects such as Hemiptera and Coleoptera, and spiders. It forages in wetland habitats and exhibits unique feeding behaviors tailored to its environment.
Habitat
Azure Gallinule is typically found in a variety of freshwater wetland habitats, including marshes with deep water and dense aquatic vegetation, rice paddies, and wet savannas. They favor areas with emergent or floating plants such as Paspalum, as well as swampy stream and river margins, marshy lake and lagoon shores, and both permanent and seasonal ponds. While azure Gallinule can be located in lowland regions up to 500 meters in elevation, they occasionally venture up to 2600 meters in highland savannas. They thrive in areas without bushes and Heliconia and are commonly seen in grasses between 15–30 centimeters tall.
Dite type
Omnivorous
Photo By Don Roberson 
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