Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis

Purple Swamphen
Calamón Común

Family: Rallidae
Order: Gruiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records of Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Fulica porphyrio.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 670235
Entebee
Central Region
Uganda
01/02/2026
Hugo Caverzasi

Photography ID: 496346
Adult
Nigel
Gauteng
South Africa
10/31/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo

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2422956

02/01/2026

Uganda

Central Region

Pantano de Mabamba, Entebee

Hugo Caverzasi

1945881

26/10/2023

South Africa

Gauteng

Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Nigel

Luis Cesar Tejo

1945709

26/10/2023

South Africa

Gauteng

Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Nigel

Daniela Espinosa

1593745

31/10/2015

South Africa

Gauteng

Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Nigel

Luis Cesar Tejo

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