Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni

Allen's Gallinule, previously called the Lesser Gallinule, is native to heavily-vegetated freshwater wetlands of sub-Saharan Africa, breeding in West Africa and migrating south in the dry season.

Like other swamphens and rails, it has huge red (orange) legs and feet, a red beak and a face-shield. The face-shield is blue on males and greenish on females.

Juveniles, above, have brown, patterned plumage. The chicks are black, similar to those of moorhens.