Porphyrio melanotus The Australasian Swamphen was formerly considered a subspecies of the Purple Swamphen or Purple Gallinule, which was split into six distinct species. The Australasian Swamphen is now also split into five subspecies. The ones depicted in the photos belong to the subspecies P. m. melanopterus. It is distributed in eastern Indonesia, the Moluccas, […]
Birds Photo Click 195: Australasian Swamphen.
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Hi Michael, a most interesting looking bird.
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Thank you very much Robbie. It is from the gallinule family.
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I love them.
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Thank you very much. Wishing you a very nice weekend.
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