MOURC Proceedings Archive - Rails, Gallinules, Coots Accepted
Duplicates
This is the 1981 to present Records Committee Proceedings archive for
The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
Families
Whistling-Ducks, Geese, Swans, Ducks
New World Quail
Partridge, Pheasants, Grouse, Turkeys
Grebes
Pigeons, Doves
Cuckoos
Nightjars
Swifts
Hummingbirds
Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Limpkin
Cranes
Stilts, Avocets
Plovers
Sandpipers
Jaegers
Alcids
Gulls, Terns
Loons
Shearwaters and Petrels
Storks
Frigatebirds
Boobies and Gannets
Anhingas
Cormorants
Pelicans
Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons
Ibises
New World Vultures
Osprey
Kites, Accipiters, Hawks, Eagles
Barn Owls
Screech-Owls, Owls
Woodpeckers
Caracaras, Falcons
Flycatchers
Vireos
Shrikes
Jays, Nutcrackers, Magpies, Crows
Martins, Swallows
Kinglets
Silky-flycatchers
Nuthatches
Wrens
Thrashers, Mockingbirds
Dippers
Thrushes
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Sparrows
Pipits
Finches
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Towhees, Sparrows
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds, Orioles
Warblers
Tanagers, Cardinals, Grosbeaks

Proceedings
Species: Rails, Gallinules, Coots
King Rail
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
Black Rail

Purple Gallinule (A) (Porphyrio martinicus)Start Date 0000-00-00
RefFirstLastLocationCounty23CommentStatus
1MOU1963-11-11ToivolaSt. LouisThe Flicker 35:123 (dead) The Loon 36:23Accepted
avian
information
1963-11-11St. Louis11/11 St. Louis (first state record) (first county record)
36:231964indexPurple Gallinule Specimen Found in Minnesota
2MOU1967-06-11Sheldon Twp.HoustonThe Loon 39:124 (dead)Accepted
avian
information
1967-06-11Houston6/11 Houston (second state record) (first county record)
One adult found dead in upland field, Sheldon Twp., Houston Co., on June 11 or 12, brought to RO; now in Univ. of Minn. collection; second Minnesota record.
42:1191970indexPurple Gallinule Near St. Peter
3MOU1970-09-05Oakleaf LakeNicolletThe Loon 42:119Accepted
avian
information
1970-09-05Nicollet9/5 Nicollet (third state record) (first county record)
9-5 Nicollet (1 imm.) DB; see details in September issue; if correct, only third state record.
488:32015-10-23Waseca Street in West DuluthSt. Louis(record #2015-033, vote 7–0). Juvenile, photographed. Second county and fourth state record. Retrieved after it apparently flew into a window and was stunned.Accepted
avian
information
2015-10-23St. Louis10/23 St. Louis (fourth state record) (second county record)
A juvenile (ph. CFe, ph. LME) flew into a window of a commercial building on Waseca Street in Duluth, St. Louis County on 10/23. It was taken to the Wildwoods rehabilitation facility in Duluth, from where it was eventually transported to Florida for release. This was the fourth state record of this species, and first since 1970.
591:892015-11-03near the easternmost tip of Bear Island in the St. Louis River, southeast of NewSt. Louis(record #2015-048, vote 7–0). Specimen, immature found dead in a muskrat trap, photographed. The specimen currently resides at the Cable Natural History Museum, Cable Wisconsin (The Loon 91:82–83). Accepted
 
 Five records: one summer and four fall. Recorded in one (2015) of the last ten years.

Notes:

The information in the above table comes from several different sources. The count in column 1 indicates which of the sources is considered the primary source.
'Accepted' MOURC entries from The MOURC Proceedings
'Not Accepted' or 'Rejected' MOURC entry from The MOURC Proceedings
Accepted MOU records assembled by David Cahlander
Sighting records for ()
Avian information from the occurrence maps, in dark red, assembled by Robert Janssen. Seasonal report for the species/season published in The Loon or The Flicker has been added.
Information from The Loon index assembled by Anthony Hertzel and David Cahlander