African Purple Swamphen (Gallinule)
Porphyrio madagascariensis (porphyrio)
Porphyrio madagascariensis (porphyrio)
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African Purple Swamphen (Gallinule) Porphyrio madagascariensis (porphyrio) |
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The purple swamphen is a large gallinule with white under-tail coverts, a large red bill and frontal shield and long red legs and toes. The upper four images of an immature were made at Lake Eyasi in (8-10), courtesy of Nani Schmeling. The middle image of an adult was taken in the Masai Mara in (9-10), courtesy of Steve Brynes, and the lower adult, in Cape Town (5/11), courtesy of Colin Beale. |
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