Purple Swamp-hen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Science Article 1 abstract I recorded, during the incubation period, the day shift activity of purple swamphens Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio breeding in an artificial wetland of southeastern Spain. Three breeding systems were found: pairs, trios and solitary birds, which confirms that the subspecies porphyrio may also have communal breeding. However, the […]
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Purple Swamp-hen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
[order] GRUIFORMES | [family] Rallidae | [latin] Porphyrio porphyrio | [UK] Purple Swamp-hen | [FR] Taleve sultane | [DE] Purpurhuhn | [ES] Calamon comun | [NL] Purperkoet Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Physical charateristics Very large ponderous rail, much larger than all other congeners except flightless Takahe in […]