Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica), University of Arizona administration building, Tucson, Pima County

This Purple Gallinule was found by Dalton Kelahan and Kayla Clary on 21 August 2020 and photographed by Dalton Kelahan on the same date.

Rare, less than annual. There are 19 accepted records with 2 more pending (including one from this year).

Unmistakable in adult plumage.

21 August 2020, photo by Dalton Kelahan

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