Food items from gizzards of 38 adult Purple Gallinules in Florida. Data shown as aggregate percent; from Mulholland and Percival 1982 .

AprSummerFallNov
Plants
Watershield (Brasenia scherberi)--5.5-
Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense)trace4.50.2-
Cowlily (Nuphar luteum)56.437.748.8trace
Smartweed (Polygonium sp.)-trace10.887.5
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)--12.5
Other-0.30.5-
Animals
Arthropods43.533.921.1-
Mollusks, annelids-23.513.7-