Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Porphyrio martinica
Gallareta Púrpura, Gallinula púrpura, Purple Gallinule
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Gruiformes
Family
Rallidae
Genus
Porphyrio
Species
martinica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Porphyrio martinicus (Linnaeus, 1766) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021).
Origin: Vagrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (2021) Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Www.itis.gov
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- IUCN (2022) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Https://www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on Marzo 2022
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Porphyrio martinica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20236. Accessed 18 May 2025.