Trinidad and the Guianas south through Brazil to northern Argentina and Uruguay. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) [XC382049]
by Martin St-Michel from Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands (near Boynton Beach), Palm Beach County, Florida, United States (call)
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) [XC779111]
by Simon Elliott from Hunters' Access to Merritt Island, Florida, United States (call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
sandvicensis Streets, 1877 - Hawaiian Is. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
cachinnans Bangs, 1915 - South-eastern Canada and USA through Central America to western Panama, also Bermuda and Galapagos; northern populations winter south to Panama and possibly beyond. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
cerceris Bangs, 1910 - Greater and Lesser Antilles. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
barbadensis Bond, J, 1954 - Barbados. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
pauxilla Bangs, 1915 - Eastern Panama, northern and western Colombia, western Ecuador and coastal north-western Peru. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
garmani Allen, JA, 1876 - Andes of Peru, Chile, Bolivia and north-western Argentina. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).
galeata (Lichtenstein, 1818) - Trinidad and the Guianas south through Brazil to northern Argentina and Uruguay. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).