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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

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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. Philippine Swamphen. Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus ) in Papua New Guinea by David J.