purple gallinule

1. Gallinules with showy purplish plumage (synset 102019610)
   is a type of: gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
   subtypes:

   • european gallinule, porphyrio porphyrio - purple gallinule of southern Europe
   • american gallinule, porphyrula martinica - American purple gallinule

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