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Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio (3419)
 
 
Monotypic Group: Purple Swamphen (European): porphyrio
 porphyrioIberian Peninsula and nw Africa
 
Monotypic Group: Purple Swamphen (African): madagascariensis
 madagascariensisEgypt, Africa south of the Sahara and Madagascar
 
Polytypic Group: Purple Swamphen (Gray-headed): poliocephalus
 caspiusCaspian Sea to nw Iran and Turkey
 seistanicusIraq and s Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan and nw India
 poliocephalusIndia to Sri Lanka, s China, n Thailand, Andaman, Nicobar is.
 
Polytypic Group: Purple Swamphen (Black-backed): indicus/viridis
 viridisS Myanmar to s Thailand, s China, Malay Pen. and Indochina
 indicusSumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo and Sulawesi
 
Monotypic Group: Purple Swamphen (Philippine): pulverulentus
 pulverulentusKarekelong I. (Talaud Islands) and Philippine Islands
 
Polytypic Group: Purple Swamphen (Australasian): melanotus
 pelewensisPalau Islands (Koror and Anguar)
 melanopterusMoluccas and Lesser Sundas to Aru Islands and New Guinea
 bellusExtreme sw Australia
 melanotusAustralia, New Zealand, Kermadec and Chatham Is.
 samoensisAdmiralty Is. to Samoa, New Caledonia, Solomon Is. and Fiji


References

  • Porphyrio porphyrio: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  • Porphyrio porphyrio: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world
  • Porphyrio porphyrio: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • Barlow, C. and Washer, T.: A Field Guide to Birds of The Gambia and Senegal; Yale University Press, January 21, 1998; ISBN:0-300-07454-9
  • Beehler, Bruce M., Pratt, Thane K. and Zimmerman, Dale A.: Birds of New Guinea; Princeton University Press, 1986; ISBN:0-691-02394-8
  • Svensson, L.: Birds of Europe; Princeton Field Guides, February 1, 2010; ISBN:0-691-14392-7
  • Sinclair, Ian and Langrand, Olivier: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands; New Holland Publishers (Struik), 2003 (New edition); ISBN:1-868-72956-7
  • Harrison, John: A Field Guide to the Birds of Sri Lanka; Oxford University Press, 2011 (2nd edition); ISBN:0-199-58567-9
  • Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T.: Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent; Oxford University Press, 1999; ISBN:0-1956-5155-3
  • Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C. and Inskipp, T.: Birds of the Indian Subcontinent; Christopher Helm, 2011; ISBN:1-408-12763-6