Diet Overlap

Trichechus inunguis (Amazonian Manatee)
Porphyrio martinica (Purple Gallinule)

Common Diet

Hymenachne amplexicaulis (West Indian marsh grass)
Pontederia crassipes (common water hyacinth)

Common Habitat

Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve

Attributes / relations provided by
1Food Plants Eaten by Amazonian Manatees (Trichechus inunguis, Mammalia : Sirenia), Ioni G. Colares and Elton P. Colares, Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, Vol. 45, N. 1 : pp. 67 - 72, March, 2002
2FEEDING ECOLOGY OF THE PURPLE GALLINULE (Porphyrula martinica) IN THE CENTRAL LLANOS OF VENEZUELA, Zaida Tárano, Stuart Strahl and Juhani Ojasti, ECOTROPICOS 8(1-2): 53-61. 1995
3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.