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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.

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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. Senegal Cuckoo ( Centropus senegalensis ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Long-toed Plover ( Vanellus crassirostris ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 2 January.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

10,000 Birds

Senegal Coucal – Centropus senegalensis. Incidentally, Uganda ( 510 ) leap-frogged Australia ( 475 ) to become the list’s fourth most prolific country behind Costa Rica ( 763 ), USA ( 654 ) and Brazil ( 555 ). Groove-billed Ani – Crotophaga sulcirostris. Medio Queso wetland. 04 Dec 2019. Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve.

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