Grey-headed swamphen / Graukopf-Purpurhuhn (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

Wikipedia: Grey-headed swamphen Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Grey-headed_swamphen_%28Porphyrio_poliocephalus%29_male.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Porphyrio (Porphyrio); Family Rails (Rallidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: North America, Asia.
General: The grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015; today the purple swamphen is considered a superspecies and each of its six subspecies groups are designated full species.^[1] [more]