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The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule, Pūkeko or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the ...

Purple Swamphen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Porphyrio is the swamphen genus of birds in the rail family. It includes some smaller species which are usually called "purple gallinules", and which are sometimes ...

Porphyrio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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noun Ornithology . any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio. Origin ...

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Noun 1. swamphen - any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens gallinule ...

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By Andrew Marra Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Groups ponder fate of bird with a fowl reputation Saturday, June 17, 2006 The purple swamphen looks positively chicken ...