Purple Gallinule is an alternative name for two species of birds in the rail family. It can refer to:
- Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio of the Old World
- American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica of the New World
Famous quotes containing the word purple:
“Now I am powerless
to draw back
for the sea is cyclamen-purple,
cyclamen-red, colour of the last grapes,
colour of the purple of the flowers,
cyclamen-coloured and dark.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)