La historia
This adult Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) climbed through slender branches at the Yahuarcaca lakes outside Leticia, in Amazonas, Colombia, showing its blue and green plumage and long yellow legs. Its long toes spread its weight so it can walk on floating plants, and its toe arrangement also helps it cling to stems like these. Purple Gallinules are omnivores that feed mostly on the ground, and they live in freshwater marshes with dense stands of vegetation. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I used a Canon R5 with the RF 800mm f/11 plus the RF 1.4x extender for this one, at 1/180 sec, f/16, ISO 6400, −1,5 EV. The roughly 21 Yahuarcaca lakes are Leticia’s main source of water, and the Ticuna, Cocama and Yagua communities around them have kept fishing agreements for more than a decade.
©2023 Adam Rainoff Photographer
El ave
The Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) pertenece a la familia Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Conservación
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2025), with the population trend listed as stable. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN
