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grey-headed swamphen

Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Rallidae

The grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015; today the purple swamphen is considered a superspecies and each of its six subspecies groups are designated full species. It is a large greyish-blue to greyish-purple wetland bird 43 cm long with a pale grey head, and a stout red bill.

Distribution

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