Gallinule in a sentence as a noun

Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots. But you could also describe a duck in two simple words: "water bird".

Gallinule definitions

noun

any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

See also: swamphen