For the purposes of our bird news services, this species is classed as Mega: species that have not yet occurred in the British Isles or are exceedingly rare, or are otherwise highly desirable.

Portugal 04/06/13	Portugal 02/06/13	Portugal 18/05/13	Sri Lanka 03/03/13	Portugal 22/03/13
Sri Lanka 12/10/12	Australia 06/11/12	India 20/10/12	Papua New Guinea 14/09/12	Spain 19/08/12
Spain 24/04/12	Spain 07/04/12	Spain 02/04/12	New Zealand 12/03/12	Spain 25/03/12
Sri Lanka 21/03/12	Spain 26/02/12	Australia 24/12/11	United States 20/01/12	Spain 28/09/11
Portugal 12/10/11	Spain 26/09/11	Spain 26/09/11	Spain 26/09/11	Spain 20/09/11

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Purple Gallinule breeds in the following countries (Bird News Extra subscribers will see population statistics and information on trends for each country, and a map of population densities):

Azerbaijan
Croatia
France
Italy
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Turkey

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