Purple Gallinule Among The Lacustrine Vegetation Royalty-Free Stock Photo

This is a Porphyrio martinica bird species, Rallidae family. Purple gallinules have floating nests within the dense vegetation along the shallow margins of lakes, rivers, and marshes shorelines. Bright bluish-purple body with green back, white undertail, and red bill with yellow tip. Long yellow legs and enormous feet help it walk on lily pads. Observed at lake Petén Itzá, near Maya Biosphere Reserve (MBR), Guatemala.