Previous Purple Gallinule Records For Montrose Point May 7 – 10, 1999 (adult). Image of juvenile, birds, animals - 10940256 Yellow legs have long toes. Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule: Purple Gallinule Green Cay Wetlands, Boynton Beach, FL I love this pretty little guy! Assuming the bird was born in the US, the Montrose Purple Gallinule should have gone south instead of north, an example of mirror image misorientation. Blue body with blue-green wings and back. Purple Gallinule vagrancy is well-established; individuals occur regularly far out of range in North America. Unfortunately, he only performed during the pre-dawn light. American Coot has a white bill, unmarked flanks, and mostly dark undertail coverts. Juvenile Purple Gallinules from a first brood may help feed young birds in a second brood. The adult Purple Gallinule, very rare in Tennessee, has a blue body with no horizontal white stripe, green wings, and a pale blue forehead. Photo about Juvenile Purple Gallinule hanging onto a plant in south Florida. Rice farms are often used for nesting, but an early harvest can mean that some young birds are lost to harvesting activities. I was pleased with this grab, made possible by … There are precious few Purple Gallinules around these days and I so wanted to capture him well. Juvenile Purple Gallinules have a tawny neck and head, mostly white underparts, and greenish wings.