o	The Common Gallinule has long toes that make it possible to walk on soft mud and floating vegetation.They started breeding in Pennsylvania for the first time in 1904; now they breed as far north as the Maritime Provinces of Canada.o	One subspecies of the Common Gallinule is found only in the Hawaiian Islands and is often called the Hawaiian Gallinule, or alae ula, where it is an endangered species.o	Common Gallinules build nests to raise their young, but they also build platforms of matted vegetation to display for potential mates.