NOTES: FIRST RECORD OF A PURPLE GALLINULE IN WYOMING

Abstract

On 23 September 1986, I collected a juvenile male Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica) near Leazenby Lake, located in Albany County approximately 13 km south of Laramie, Wyoming, on the east side of U.S. Route 287. Leazenby Lake lies in a high (elevation 2240 m) grassy basin between the Laramie and Snowy ranges. According to Wyoming Game and Fish Department records (S. A. Ritter, Wyoming Game and Fish Department nongame bird biologist, pers. comm.), this specimen represents the first Purple Gallinule documented in the state of Wyoming.