Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2014
Philippine Swamphen. The Philippine birds ( photo ) have chestnut backs and would be called Porphyrio pulverulentus if split. ” They also found genetic similarities, however, between specimens from Java and from the Philippines and specimens from New Caledonia and Sulawesi. million years ago, the authors estimate.
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