[Length 13 in. Wingspan 22 in.]

This Purple Gallinule was photographed at the SPI Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 07, 2018)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This Limpkin was photographed along a resaca in San Benito, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: January 7, 2024)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

Limpkins are primarily found in Florida, but also occur locally in Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana. Their loud, bugling calls sound a little like those of their larger relatives, the Cranes, and are often dubbed into movie soundtracks to lend an air of the "wild night". This one was photographed in the the swamps of the Ocala National Forest north of Orlando, Florida, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: June 1982)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed on one of the islands of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in Virginia, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1990)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=330mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2006)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Clapper Rail was photographed at the South Padre Island Convention Center Board Walk, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 2003)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This juvenile Clapper Rail was photographed at the South Padre Island Convention Center Board Walk, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 2003)

[Length 14.5 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This juvenile Clapper Rail was photographed at the South Padre Island Convention Center Board Walk, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: August 2003)