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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

10,000 Birds

The Gray-headed Swamphen ranges from Turkey through India to northern Thailand. Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus ) in Papua New Guinea by David J. The African Swamphen split off next; it has a green back and a brighter blue face and breast. Gray-headed Swamphen. Gray-headed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus ).