Rails, Crakes & Coots

Allen's Gallinule

Porphyrio alleni

The Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni) is a 139 g wetland bird. It migrates.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

139 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

36

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Ghana, Madagascar, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Gambia, Malawi, Spain, Ethiopia, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Angola, Liberia, Togo, Gabon, YT, Portugal, Republic of the Congo, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Guinea, Chad, Rwanda, Oman, Guinea-Bissau.

Where to see it: Dziani Karihani (Lac Karihani) (Mayotte); Grand-Bassam—Pont de la Victoire et Lagune Ouladine (Côte d'Ivoire); Saga rice paddies (Niger); Niamey, Niger centre / Office (Niger); Plaine de So (Benin).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Justin Ponder via iNaturalist