GRUIFORMES - Neil's Wildlife Journal

finfoots, cranes, trumpeters, Limpkin, rails and allies

African Finfoot [Podica senegalensis]

Adult female - Location : Chundukwa River Lodge, near Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia - Date of image : 08 Sep 2004

Sungrebe [Heliornis fulica]

Male - Location : Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge, Alajuela province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 03 Apr 2022

Plumbeous Rail [Pardirallus sanguinolentus landbecki]

Adult of sub-species landbecki – Location : Batuco wetlands, Lampa, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile – Date of image : 22 Apr 2012

Uniform Crake [Amaurolimnas concolor guatemalensis]

Adult of sub-species guatemalensis – Location : Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Alajuela province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 03 Apr 2022

Russet-naped Wood Rail [Aramides albiventris plumbeicollis]

Adult of sub-species plumbeicollis - Location : Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge, Alajuela province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 03 Apr 2022

Grey-cowled Wood Rail [Aramides cajaneus cajaneus]

Adult of nominate - Location : near Villa Briceño, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 19 Mar 2020

Giant Wood Rail [Aramides ypecaha]

Adult - Location : Parque das Aves, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil - Date of image : 17 Sep 2013

Water Rail [Rallus aquaticus aquaticus]

Adult of nominate - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England - Date of image : 01 Jan 2011

African Rail [Rallus caerulescens]

Adult - Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa - Date of image : 29 Mar 2009

African Crake [Crecopsis egregia]

Adult - Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa - Date of image : 29 Mar 2009

Spot-flanked Gallinule [Porphyriops melanops crassirostris]

Adult of sub-species crassirostris - Location : Parque Bicentenario, Santiago, Chile - Date of image : 30 Jun 2013

Lesser Moorhen [Paragallinula angulata]

Adult - Location : Wasa Lake, Kasanka National Park, Central Province, Zambia - Date of image : 03 May 2011

Common Gallinule [Gallinula galeata cachinnans]

Immature of sub-species cachinnans - Location : Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge, Alajuela province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 03 Apr 2022

Common Gallinule [Gallinula galeata cachinnans]

Adults of sub-species cachinnans – Location : El Manzanillo Ranch, Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador – Date of image : 14 Nov 2013

Common Moorhen [Gallinula chloropus chloropus]

Adult of nominate – Location : WWT Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England - Date of image : 21 Jun 2014

Common Moorhen [Gallinula chloropus meridionalis]

Adult of sub-species meridionalis – Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa - Date of image : 16 Feb 2007

Common Moorhen [Gallinula chloropus meridionalis]

Adult of sub-species meridionalis – Location : Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng, South Africa - Date of image : 09 Dec 2005

Common Moorhen [Gallinula chloropus chloropus]

Aberrant adult of nominate with yellow frontal shield – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England - Date of image : 11 Jan 2019

Common Moorhen [Gallinula chloropus chloropus]

Immature of nominate – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England - Date of image : 12 Sep 2011

Common Moorhen [Gallinula chloropus chloropus]

Juvenile of nominate – Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England - Date of image : 29 Jun 2012