NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is generally found in South America and southern Florida, ...

A big, gangly tropical bird that got blown way off course and ended up in a Healdsburg tree was successfully released on Catalina Island this week, happily ending an unusual Alice-in-Wonderland-type ...

A tropical bird blown hundreds of miles off course by fierce storm winds is showing encouraging signs of recovery at the New England Wildlife Center's Cape Cod hospital. The Purple Gallinule, a ...

A puffin found in Wrentham is recovering in a Rhode Island rehabilitation facility. Wrentham and Plainville Animal Control received a report of an injured bird in a residential area on Sunday ...

A purple gallinule was found near Houlton, over 1,000 miles away from its typical winter habitat in Florida. The bird was later euthanized due to complications of frostbite. (Courtesy of Maine ...