Archive for the ‘Swamphens’ Category

• African swamphen

  Mar 31 | Rails+, Swamphens | Little Stint | 1320 Views | with Comments Off on African swamphen

  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...

• Western swamphen

  Aug 11 | Rails+, Swamphens | Little Stint | 1726 Views | with Comments Off on Western swamphen

  The Western swamphen – Porphyrio porphyrio or Purple swamphen is a large sized rail of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is resident around the coasts of the western Mediterranean. In the AWB...

• Grey-headed swamphen

  Jul 18 | Rails+, Swamphens | Little Stint | 2524 Views | with No Comments

  The Grey-headed swamphen –  Porphyrio poliocephalus is a large species of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is common across S E Asia and the Indian sub-continent but less so across the...