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Azure Gallinule
Vincent A. Vos, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Rails, limpkin & sunbittern

Azure Gallinule

Porphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAzure Gallinule
DutchAzuurpurperhoen
SpanishPollona celeste
Chinese淡青水鸡
Scientific namePorphyrio flavirostris (Gmelin, 1789)

About this species

The azure gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderGruiformes
FamilyRallidae
GenusPorphyrio

In Suriname

101Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1857First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo26
  • Para11
  • Commewijne9
  • Coronie5
  • Nickerie5
  • Wanica2
  • Saramacca2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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