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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

10,000 Birds

The Gray-headed Swamphen ranges from Turkey through India to northern Thailand. Philippine Swamphen. The Philippine birds ( photo ) have chestnut backs and would be called Porphyrio pulverulentus if split. The two takahes split off between the African Swamphen and the Gray-headed Swamphen, about 2.5