Black-backed swamphen explained

The black-backed swamphen (Porphyrio indicus) is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts, and the side of the head is blackish.

It tends to migrate away from urbanization and other human activity.^[1] It lives in wetlands, preferring those with slow-flowing water.

References

• Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 194.

Notes and References

1. Olaniyi . Oluwatobi Emmanuel . Martins . Chukwudiemeka Onwuka . Zakaria . Mohamed . 2021 . Population Estimates and Site Occupancy of Purple Swamphen and White-Breasted Waterhen in the Natural and Artificial Urban Wetlands of Peninsular Malaysia . Punjab University Journal of Zoology . 36 . 1 . 10.17582/journal.pujz/2021.36.1.1.8 . 2313-8556. free .