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Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata · Family Rallidae
Gallinula galeata
Family Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,950,706
- Countries and territories with records
- 57
About this species
This species has 1,950,706 occurrence records from 57 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (73.7%), Canada (4.2%), Brazil (3.1%), Mexico (3%) and Argentina (2.7%); together they account for 86.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.13% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gallinula galeata combines the genus name Gallinula with the species epithet galeata. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Gallinula; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gallinula chloropus, Gallinula tenebrosa and Gallinula comeri.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 122 species of the family Rallidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Fulica americana. Its record count is 8 times the family average (243,573). The family Rallidae belongs to the order Gruiformes, which has 150 species in the Warbla app catalog.