Porphyrio porphyrio
Widespread resident. Large size, purplish-blue coloration with variable greyish head, and huge red bill and frontal shield. Female smaller than male. Juvenile is duller than adult, with greyer neck and underparts. more olive-brown above. duller red bill (which is blackish at first). and duller legs and feet. Voice Large marshes a ndextensive reedbeds bordering wetlands.
Colour
Widespread resident. Large size, purplish-blue coloration with variable greyish head, and huge red bill and frontal shield. Female smaller than male. Juvenile is duller than adult, with greyer neck and underparts. more olive-brown above. duller red bill (which is blackish at first). and duller legs and feet. Voice Large marshes a ndextensive reedbeds bordering wetlands.
Every bird sits between two neighbours — bigger than one, smaller than the other. The sentences below are generated live from the database.
Purple Swamphen is bigger than Lcob a Long-tailed Parakeet but smaller than A aman iccbe Brown Coucal.
This bird
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
45–50 cm
