Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus - Frango-d'água-comum
(Photo by Maria Bedacht, taken in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil - Apr 2005.)
Described by Linnaeus in 1758 (See: Birds in Brazil, H. Sick - pg 213 and Birds of North America, Alsop, 2002, pg 283).
Note the large, un-webbed feet, which are good for distributing her weight when walking on water lilies.
