Azure gallinule

Weight

92.6 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

4.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The azure gallinule is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGruiformes
5. familyRallidae
6. genusPorphyrio
7. SpeciesPorphyrio flavirostris (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Fulica flavirostris, Fulica parva, Gallinula flavirostris, Porphyrula flavirostris, Porphyrula flavirostris flavirostris, Porphyrula parva

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Western swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

Rallidae

EN, Endangered

Takahē

Porphyrio hochstetteri

Rallidae

American purple gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Rallidae

G

Gray-headed swamphen

Porphyrio poliocephalus

RallidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Allen's gallinule

Porphyrio alleni

Rallidae

W

White swamphen

Porphyrio albus

RallidaeNo free photo yet

CompareAzure gallinule vs Western swamphenAzure gallinule vs TakahēAzure gallinule vs American purple gallinuleAzure gallinule vs Gray-headed swamphen

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@misc{azure_gallinule_2026,
  title = {Azure gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/azure-gallinule},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}