African swamphen – Porphyrio madagascariensis – is a large resident African rail of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is resident in s s Africa and the Nile Valley of Egypt. In the AWB Region it is resident in Egypt as noted above, and Mali, Niger and W Chad.
Type - marshfowl - Typical Habitat - well vegetated fresh and brackish wetlands, Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae Genus: Porphyrio Species - Porphyrio madagascariensis African swamphen - Species - ebird.org African swamphen - Species sheet - wikipedia.org African swamphen - Birds - southafrica.co.za African swamphen - Birds - animalia.bio African swamphen - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org Additional Material... African swamphen - Images - google.com African swamphen - Video - youtube.com African swamphen - Datazone - birdlife.org