Species factsheet

Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Order: Porphyrio porphyrio
Family: Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae)

Danish name: Sultanhøne

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Subspecies and Distribution

porphyrio

sw Europe, nw Africa

caspius

Turkey to the Caspian Sea and nw Iran

seistanicus

Iraq to nw India

poliocephalus

Sri Lanka, India to s China and n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is.

viridis

s Burma to c and s Indochina to the Malay Pen.

indicus

Sumatra, Java and se Borneo

melanopterus

Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas

melanotus

widespread Australasia

bellus

sw Australia

pulverulentus

Philippines, Talaud Is.?

pelewensis

Palau Is.

samoensis

Admiralty Is. to Samoa, New Caledonia, Solomon Is. and Fiji

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