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Purple Swamphen – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the African Purple Swamphen or Purple Moorhen or Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae. From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also sometimes known as the Sultana Bird. It should not be confused with the American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica.
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Australian Birds – Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Australian Birds Skip to content. Site navigation Home; Water birds; Land birds; Urban birds; Water birds navigation Australian Pelican; Black Swan; Little Pied Cormorant; Purple …
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Birds in Backyards – Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Fact sheet
The Purple Swamphen is a large rail. It is mainly dusky black above, with a broad dark blue collar, and dark blue to purple below. As the Purple Swamphen walks, it flicks its tail …
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Porphyrio – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porphyrio is the swamphen genus of birds in the rail family. It includes some smaller species which are usually called "purple gallinules", and which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula. There are two living species of swamphen, the majority of the group having gone extinct in the Holocene.
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New Zealand Birds | Birds | Gallery | Pukeko, Porphyrio porphyrio
Pukeko, Porphyrio porphyrio, found in New Zealand Birds’ bird gallery section … temples, where they walked around freely. Porphyrio means purple in Greek. The purple swamphen is …
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CalPhotos: Porphyrio porphyrio; Purple Swamphen
CalPhotos Porphyrio porphyrio; Purple Swamphen (detail page)
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CalPhotos: Porphyrio porphyrio; Purple Swamphen
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO: date of photo Feb 3, 2007 location South Bibra lake (perth, West Australia, Australia) notes Get them in good light and they are a stunning …
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Porphyrio porphyrio – Purple Swamphen
Purple Swamphen … A close-up of a bird. Sariñena, Aragón, Spain (ssp porphyrio). © J. Laborda Duration 17 s Recorded 16 …
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Purple Swamphen – Porphyrio porphyrio – Purple Moorhen – Kaim …
Purple Swamphen – Porphyrio porphyrio – Purple Moorhen – Kaim – Khima – Haryana Online – Haryana Birds – North India – Fauna
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Purple Swamphen
Worldwide there are, depending on the authority, six or more subspecies of the large and rather primitive-looking Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio – a bird breeding in reed beds …
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