It is usually quite conspicuous in wetlands with lots of floating vegetation.
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| Spot-flanked Gallinule (Gallinula melanops) |
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The Spot-flanked Gallinule is distributed from eastern and southern Brazil to Bolivia and south into Argentina and Chile. There is a disjunct population near Bogota, Colombia. It is usually quite conspicuous in wetlands with lots of floating vegetation. |
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It has a black face, grey head, neck and breast with a brownish back, large white spots on the flank and conspicuous white undertail-coverts. Its bill and shield are greenish-yellow. | |||
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