Common Gallinules

Common Gallinules are dark to black chicken-like marshbirds with white flank stripes, red bills with a yellow tip, white stripe in the undertails and long green, yellow and orange legs with long toes.

Comparing Common Gallinules and American Coots

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Common Gallinules and American Coots are both from the Rallidae family and there are some similarities in their appearance, for instance both have a triangular bill with a frontal shield at the top.

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