Saturday, April 15, 2017

PURPLE SWAMPHEN

Subspecies poliocephalus, photographed March 2017
(*  83)               PURPLE SWAMPHEN                  Porphyrio porphyrio 

SRI LANKA                 27

Found in roadbeds, marshes, paddy fields and weedy tanks. 45-50 cm. Locally common breeding resident in the lowlands.




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