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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

10,000 Birds

The colorful Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands, and a feral population is now well established in Florida. The western Mediterranean birds are bluish-purple all over. Black-backed Swamphen. African Swamphen.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

10,000 Birds

They contributed 150 lists accounting for 1032 species and more than 36,000 individual birds. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Bare-faced Go-away-bird – Corythaixoides personatus. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Senegal Coucal – Centropus senegalensis.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

Senegal Lapwing ( Vanellus lugubris ); Mkuze GR, South Africa, 30 January. Rock Dove, or Feral Pigeon, ( Columba livia ); Johannesburg Airport, South Africa, 4 January. Grey Go-away-bird, or Grey Lourie ( Corythaixoides concolor ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Birding 2015 year list Year List 2015' COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS).

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