Diet Overlap

Trichechus manatus (West Indian Manatee)
Porphyrio martinica (Purple Gallinule)

Common Diet

Pontederia crassipes (common water hyacinth)

Common Habitat

Big Cypress National Preserve
Caribbean
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
North America
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve

Attributes / relations provided by
1Consumption of Aquatic Plants by the West Indian Manatee, Kay Etheridge, G. B. Rathbun, J. A. Powell, and H. I. Kochman, J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 23: 21-25 (1985)
2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.