Orders: GRUIFORMES
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Species photographed:
1. limpkin
2. sandhill crane
3. common moorhen
4. purple gallinule
5. sora
6. American coot |
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Limpkin (Aramus
guarauna), Lox-a-hatchee Wildlife Refuge, FL, USA
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GRUIFORMES
Ralidae |
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Common moorhen (Gallinula
chloropus), University of Miami campus, Coral Gables,
FL, USA
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Common
moorhen (Gallinula
chloropus), University of Miami campus, Coral Gables, FL,
USA.
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American coot (Fulica
americana), Lox-a-hatchee Wildlife Refuge, FL, USA
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| American coot, Santa Barbara, California, 2008. A large
flock of about 50 coots were peacefully grazing on this little strip of
grass along the beach.is so interesting because I've never seen them so
comfortable far from water. |
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Sandhill crane (Grus
canadensis). It is a partial captive at Crandon Park, Key
Biscayne, Miami, Florida, USA. Its
parents cannot fly, but it can quite well.
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| sora, Burley, ID,
USA. This sora was in a drainage ditch on my uncle's dairy &
farm. |
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