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
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.
