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. In the new analysis, they formed a clade with the extinct Lord Howe (White) Swamphen — a strange result given that Lord Howe Island is east of Australia. million years ago, the authors estimate.
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