Order: Gruiformes | Family: Rallidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Puerto Viejo, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northwest Peru
Age: Juvenile | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Northwest Peru
Status: The Common Gallinule is commons at coastal wetlands. It also occurs in Andean lakes reaching elevations of up to 4400 m. It also occurs in scattered locations in Amazonia. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Polla de Agua Común.
Sub-species: Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata pauxilla) Bangs, 1915. Also
G. g. garmani J. A. Allen, 1876..
Meaning of Name: Gallinula: L. gallinule= little hen or little chicken. galeata: L. Galea, galeatus= helmet, Roman helmet.

References:
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.