Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinicus
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Walks on lily pads with absurdly long yellow toes. Tropical iridescence delivering messages across the swamp.
- Populasi
- ~390,000 mature individuals; stable (100,000–499,999)
- Habitat
- Freshwater marshes, swamps, and ponds with dense emergent and floating vegetation (e.g., water lilies, lotus, water hyacinth, cattails, pickerelweed); also uses rice fields and can be attracted to small ponds with floating plants
- Fakta menarik
- The Purple Gallinule's exceptionally long toes distribute its weight across floating vegetation like lily pads, letting it walk across water without sinking.
- Sebaran
- Americas: extremely extensive range across 45+ countries/territories, from Canada and the USA (breeding in the southeastern US) south through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America to Argentina and Chile; year-round resident in southern Florida and the Gulf/Pacific coasts of Mexico; noted for exceptional vagrancy among rails, with strays recorded from California, Labrador, and Tierra del Fuego to Iceland, Great Britain, Portugal, and Cape Verde (and historically the Galápagos)
- Makanan
- Omnivorous; seeds, leaves, and fruits of aquatic and terrestrial plants (e.g., water lilies, rice), plus insects, larvae, spiders, invertebrates, snails, earthworms, frogs, small fish, and occasionally the eggs and chicks of other birds
- Ukuran
- 0,32 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,55 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,1 tahun
