Purple swamphen explained

The purple swamphen has been split into the following species:^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, southwest Europe and northwest Africa
• African swamphen, Porphyrio madagascariensis, sub-Saharan continental Africa and Madagascar
• Grey-headed swamphen, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Middle East, through the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand
• Black-backed swamphen, Porphyrio indicus, southeast Asia to Sulawesi
• Philippine swamphen, Porphyrio pulverulentus, Philippine islands
• Australasian swamphen, Porphyrio melanotus, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania

See also

• Swamphen, the genus Porphyrio
• Purple gallinule, an alternative name for the Purple Swamphen, and a closely related New World species

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Chats, Old World flycatchers . World Bird List Version 9.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 3 April 2019 .
2. Sangster . G. . 1998 . Purple Swamp-hen is a complex of species . Dutch Birding . 20 . 1 . 13–22 .
3. García-R . J.C. . Trewick . S.A. . 2015 . Dispersal and speciation in purple swamphens (Rallidae: Porphyrio) . Auk . 122 . 1 . 140–155 . 10.1642/AUK-14-114.1 . free .