Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

The common gallinule is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas. The common gallinule is one of the most conspicuous rail species in North America, along with the American coot. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 18,086 times across 29 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 30°C (typically 28 to 31°C, from 5 areas). That holds across 65° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.