| Common gallinule | |
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| Common gallinule on Santa Cruz. Galápagos Islands, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallinula |
| Species: | G. galeata
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| Binomial name | |
| Gallinula galeata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1818)
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| Subspecies | |
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About 7; see text | |
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| Range of G. galeata Breeding range Year-round range Wintering range
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| Synonyms | |
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Gallinula brodkorbi McCoy, 1963[2] | |
The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011.[3] It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas. The common gallinule is one of the most conspicuous rail species in North America, along with the American coot.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gallinula galeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T62120280A95189182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T62120280A95189182.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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