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	Australian Museum - Wild Kids - Birds - Purple Swamphen
		Purple Swamphens are large waterhens that live among dense reeds in freshwater lakes, swamps and streams throughout most of Australia except inland Western Australia.
		This Purple Swamphen is using its foot to hold a reed that it is eating.
		Purple Swamphens climb through low vegetation on their long-toed feet looking for young reed stems, herbs, seeds, fruit, insects, spiders and molluscs to eat during the day.
	www.amonline.net.au /wild_kids/birds/purple_swamphen.htm (281 words)

	Purple Swamphen
		Purple Swamphens are proficient swimmers, but prefer to wander on the edges of the water, among reeds and on floating vegetation.
		The Purple Swamphen is found around freshwater swamps, streams and marshes, and is common throughout eastern and northern Australia, with an isolated population in the extreme south-west of the continent.
		Purple Swamphens are generally found in small groups and studies have shown that these consist of more males than females.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/purple_swamphen.htm (373 words)

	Purple Swamphen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), formerly also known as the Purple Gallinule, is a large bird in the family Rallidae.
		Purple Swamphens are considered to be the ancestors of several island species including the extinct Lord Howe Swamphen and two species of Takahē in New Zealand.
		Purple Swamphen is occasionally recorded as an escape from captivity in Britain and elsewhere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Purple_Swamphen (555 words)

	Swamphen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio and the coot, Fulica atra (family Rallidae), are swamp country birds where they graze feeding on acquatic weeds.
		Both have short beaks and a frontal shield on the forehead, the swamphen's being red and the coot's being white.
		The swamphen is mostly purple and the coot is mostly fl.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/2970/swamphen.htm (54 words)

	FIJI'S "Teri" Purple Swamphen
		Fiji’s Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphrio is a large bird, and this together with its distinctive purple-blue plumage and conspicuous red bill and frontal shield, and long red legs make it quite unmistakable.
		Purple Swamphens are most active at dawn or dusk and are partly nocturnal in habit.
		Despite its common name, the Swamphen is frequently encountered away from water and wetlands, sometimes in mature forest, but usually in thick secondary vegetation or overgrown village gardens.
	www.stampsfiji.com /stamps/purple_swamphen/index.html (430 words)

	Birds of Perth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Purple Swamphen is the largest of Australia's rail and gallinule species.
		The Purple Swamphen will become very tame around people if fed, and can sometimes become aggressive, however it is still wary and will run if startled.
		Purple Swamphens are commonly seen grazing on lawn areas using their bills as secatures They usually fly over water, when alarmed, to think vegetation insted of taking to the water, as the Dusky Moorehen does.
	www.birdsofperth.com /aquatic/rails/PS.html (191 words)

	Purple_Swamphen
		The purplish-blue breast of the Purple Swamphen if seen in shadow or the softer light of overcast sky appears dull blue-fl.
		The Purple Swamphen is shown and described pages 96, 97 and 366 of the MM Field Guide to Australian Birds.
		The range of the race bellus is shown on the accompanying map, together with that of the race melanotus, which is much more widespread across northern and eastern Australia.
	www.michaelmorcombe.com.au /purple_swamphen.html (170 words)

	A Bounty of Life
		Within a few hours of hatching, purple swamphen chicks are active, already grooming themselves.
		For their first few weeks of existence, they rely on their parents for food, but after that, the reliant swamphen is ready to begin life on its own.
		Readily distinguishable by its large size and heavy build, the swamphen resides in marshes and lakes, where it lives among leaves and stems.
	www.pbs.org /edens/thailand/bounty.htm (914 words)

	~Swamphen Bird~ Wild Bird Species and Information ~Swamphen Bird~
		Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Allen's Gallinule...
		African finfoot, African purple swamphen (gallinule), white-backed night-heron and...
		Purple Swamphen The purple swamphen has a bright red beak and frontal shield on...
	www.wildbirdcart.com /Various9/swamphenbird (1345 words)

	Purple Swamphens in North America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) is a bird native to the old world, which has been introduced into North America.
		The Purple Swamphen was introduced to North America in the late 1990s due to avicultural escapes in the Pembroke Pines, Florida area.
		Discovery, distribution, and origin of the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) in Florida.' Florida Field Naturalist 28: 1–11.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Purple_Swamphens_in_North_America (177 words)

	Body (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Swamphen has a most interesting feeding habit as it frequently grasps its food (reeds, frogs and molluscs) in one large red foot and lifts it to its bill.
		It is slightly smaller than the Swamphen and its red frontal shield and bill has a yellow tip.
		Its eye is olive, the body is generally slate-grey with browner areas on the rump and wings and the tail is fl.
	users.tpg.com.au /treesinc/Files/Birds6mar.htm (563 words)

	Purple Gallinule-Moments in time
		This is an American Purple Gallinule (Prophyrio martinica), a swamp hen in the rail family Rallidae.
		Confusingly, there is another bird that was formerly known as a Purple Gallinule but is now known as the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio).
		While the American Purple Gallinule can be found in the Southern US, Central America and the Caribbean, the Purple Swamphen is found in Southern Europe, Africa, tropical Asia and Australasia.
	www.pnjwood.com /fotoblog/?showimage=369 (199 words)

	Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) - chick pictures from wildlife photos on webshots
		Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) - chick pictures from wildlife photos on webshots
		This Purple Swamphen chick was being attended by adults right below the blind, making for an awkward scope angle.
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	outdoors.webshots.com /photo/2449340370040004820axHEaR (96 words)

	American Purple Gallinule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For information on the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio), see Purple Swamphen.
		The American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.
		There is a similar species in southern Europe, the Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, but that bird is much larger.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Purple_Gallinule (285 words)

	Pukeko, Porphyrio porphyrio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Pukeko, a member of the rail family which includes Weka, is really quite one of the most gorgeous of our birds and does not deserve the contempt bred from familiarity.
		They are also called the Purple Swamp Hen or Purple Gallinule although they are not really purple at all but, for the most part, a deep almost iridescent indigo blue.
		The back and wings are fl with a greenish gloss and the undertail coverts are pure white.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/pukeko.html (927 words)

	Australian animals - birds - Purple Swamphen
		The Purple Swamphen is a very wide-spread bird - it lives from tropical Africa over Asia right down to Tasmania.
		My field guide says the Swamphen was less common in Northern Australia, but there - an nowhere else - I saw one.
		Of course and again at Yellow Waters during the dry time, when all animals far around are squeezed together along the few remaining water.
	www.touringaustralia.de /Birds/Purple-Swamphen.php (102 words)

	BirdForum - Lagoon Bird ID
		Swamphens, as far as I remember, have short stumpy wings.
		Swamphen, as far as I remember, have short stumpy wings.
		Orange-footed Scrubfowls have the smallest head in relation to body of any bird that I've ever seen, quite different to the bird in the picture, which in my opinion too is a Purple Swamp-hen.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=36369 (784 words)

	- Sultanhone
		Forside - Africa - Birds - Purple Swamphen
		The hallmark of the purple swamphen is its body shape that enables it to penetrate dense, low vegetation on land or in water.
		Its very long toes adapt the bird to looking for food in water and mud by preventing it from sinking into the soft subsoil.
	www.odensezoo.dk /site/dyr_engelsk/afrika/fugle/Sultanhone (128 words)

	2004-5 gallery
		These birds are native to Australia and Asia, but have become established in recent years as breeding birds near Miami.
		On the left is an immature Purple Gallinule for comparison with the Swamphen above.
		They are in the same genus (Porphyrio), but the Swamphen is much larger.
	www.stetson.edu /~pmay/emeralda/2004gallery.htm (381 words)

	Birds in Backyards - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Fact sheet
		Birds in Backyards - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) Fact sheet
		A loud, penetrating 'kee-ow', as well as some softer clucking between members of a group while feeding.
		Purple Swamphens are common throughout eastern and northern Australia, with an isolated population in the extreme south-west of the continent.
	www.birdsinbackyards.net /finder/display.cfm?id=87 (356 words)

	Australian Birds - Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
		It is mainly dusky fl above, with a broad dark blue collar, and dark blue to purple below.
		The Purple Swamphen is found around freshwater swamps, streams and marshes.
		Often two broods will be raised in a year.
	www.usability.com.au /resources/ozewai2005/birds2/birds04.htm (302 words)

	Purple swamphen in Thailand at Thale Noi and Phuket
		Purple swamphen in Thailand at Thale Noi and Phuket
		Purple swamphen in Thailand at Thale Noi and Phuket Phuket accommodation Thailand
		Purple swamphen in Thailand at Thale Noi and Phuket - See Purple Swamphens: Porphyrio porphrio in southern thailand.
	www.thaipro.com /z1030a/389_thailand.html (245 words)

	PURPLE SWAMP HEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Purple Swamp Hen [porphyrio porphyrio] at BWF.
		The Purple Swamphen [Porphyrio porphyrio], also known as the Purple Gallinule or Pukeko, is a large bird in the family Rallidae.
		This chicken-sized bird, with its huge feet, bright plumage and red bill and frontal shield is unmistakable.
	www.botolanwildlifefarm.com /to/purple_swamphen.htm (160 words)

	Digital Photography Forum :: View topic - Purple Swamphen and something different!
		here are some waterbirds you may not have seen before the beautifully coloured Purple Swamp hen and a Eurasian coot these are all on our local lake.
		One was a bird called the buff banded rail a bird that has been seen now 4 times in 100years and it was magnificent to see and for a keen bird watcher very exciting.
		The third shot here is a cinnamin mutation of the purple swamphen, quite bizzare and quite pretty and quite often naturally occuring mutations pop up from time to time but ussually never make it due to being weaker or predators.
	www.photozo.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=254584 (408 words)

	Andalucian Guides - Birdwatching in Southern Spain
		The plains and rice fields of La Janda offer White and Black Stork, Purple swamp-hen, Purple Heron, Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis, Purple Swamphen, Black-winged Stilt, Kingfisher, Collared Pratincole, Black shouldered Kite, Marsh and Montagu’s Harrier, Spanish Sparrow, Tawny Pipit, Little Owl, Green Sandpiper and with a bit of luck the powerful Spanish Imperial Eagle.
		The Donana national park covers almost half a million acres and is one of the most important wetlands in Europe and is home to an abundance of wildlife, in particular resident and migratory birds.
		Rare birds such as Spanish Imperial Eagle, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill and Purple Gallinule are among some of the species we are hoping to watch.
	www.andalucianguides.com /itineraries/sample_02.htm (1577 words)

	Elanora Heights Primary School - Warriewood Wetlands Birds - Purple Swamphen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This bird has a really pretty violet colour on its chest but on its back is fl.
		This swamphen likes to live near lakes and rivers also by reed beds.
		It lives around the tip of northern Australia, all over N.S.W, Queensland and Victoria.
	www.schools.ash.org.au /elanorah/wwpurple.htm (146 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Habitat: Located across the Top End of Australia, down the Eastern half and Southern WA, this bird inhabits swamps and marshland.
		Notes: Red bill and forehead, purple face, neck and body, fl wings, white under tail.
		Images have been uploaded in low resolution for storage efficiency, (they do not reflect the true image quality).
	www.birdphotos.com.au /purpleswamphenweb/imagepages/image3.htm (62 words)

	Sulawesi and Halmahera \| species \| 2
		Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (H) Purple Swamphen (P Gallinule) Porphyrio porphyrio: Some good views of the subspecies indicus near to Toraut.
		In a recent paper it was proposed to split up the Purple Swamphen complex into six species and this form would be included in Black-backed Swamphen P.
		Coates and Bishop give the subspecies occurring in Sulawesi as samoensis which in turn is included in Australian Swamphen P.
	homepage.mac.com /alanwilkinson/birding/sulawesi/species2.html (550 words)

	The Australia Birding List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Birds Australia recommended that in Australia 'Purple Swamphen' > should be used as a new common name for P porphyrio.
		I think in the earlier discussions people were really talking about whether it had a different coloured front, irrespective of what that colour should be called.
		Certainly recognisable from the books showing blue or purple or whatever, and definitely more contrast in the colours than in the museum.
	birdingonthe.net /mailinglists/AUSB.html (9141 words)

	Purple Swamphen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		I saw a Purple Swamphen at Wakodahatchee yesterday, the 1st I've seen there.
		Also, the male American Wigeon is keeping company with a female Gadwall.
		Re: Purple Swamphen - Wanda Soto 00:02:44 11/12/06 (
	www.tropicalaudubon.org /tasboard/messages/12899.html (122 words)

	Week 10 : A Pox On Thee! : : : australia.beimers.com : : :
		This is the Purple Swamphen, a vicious, fearless beast with a beak that can crush a steel pipe and a fierce grip, perfect for tearing off human limbs.
		They can sense fear almost as acutely as they can sense food.
		There are only two ways to confront a Purple Swamphen, should you encounter one in the wild: The first is to become the aggressor.
	australia.beimers.com /week10.html (1060 words)

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