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CaRMS name details

Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)

159011  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159011)

 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Caribbean; North America  
Distribution Caribbean; North America [details]
CaRMS (2021). Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159011 on 2024-05-07
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159011 on 2024-05-07
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
2011-04-07 09:46:00Z
changed
2011-04-27 09:01:37Z
changed

basis of record Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]   

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]   

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]   

additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details]   

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Dimensions Length: 13" (33 cm) [details]

Distribution Caribbean; North America [details]

Reproduction Breeds from South Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas south through the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South Americato northern Argentina. [details]
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English purple gallinuleAmerican purple gallinule  [details]
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