Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule is an alternative name for two species of birds in the rail family. It can refer to:

  • Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio of the Old World
  • American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica of the New World

Famous quotes containing the word purple:

    O beautiful for spacious skies,
    For amber waves of grain,
    For purple mountain majesties
    Above the fruited plain!
    Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929)