Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary - Grey-headed swamphen

Porphyrio poliocephalus









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 races are designated full species

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