Interesting Facts
- Although not globally threatened, this species has suffered a marked decrease due to wetland draining , pesticide use and hunting. When able, they will breed in a communal setting where all the breeding females will lay eggs in the same nest , and bot sexes and helpers will then raise the young. Chicks are black and downy when they hatch .
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Purple Swamphen
Description
Habitat
Freshwater marshes, swamps , reed beds , floodplains , and well-vegetated lakes up to 3,300 feet.
Biology
Diet
Mostly shoots , leaves, roots , stems, flowers, and seeds of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants . Also molluscs , insects, spiders, fish, and other animals.
Behavior
Purple Swamphens flick their short tails repeatedly. In their watery habitat , they use their long toes to spread their weight across lily pads and lotus leaves.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Gruiformes
()
- Cranes, Rails
- Genus:
Porphyrio
()
- Brisson 1760 Orn. 1 p.48; 5 p.522 pl.XLII fig.1
- Specific name:
porphyrio
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.152
- Scientific name: - Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus) 1758
- Specific name:
porphyrio
- (Linnaeus) 1758 Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.152
- Genus:
Porphyrio
(
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Porphyrio
There are approximately 50 species in this genus:
P. albus (Lord Howe Island Swamphen) · P. alleni (AllenÃŒs Gallinule) · P. caerulescens · P. chathamensis · P. coerulescens (RÉunion Gallinule) · P. coeruleus · P. flavirostris (Azure Gallinule) · P. hochstetteri (Takahe) · P. indicus · P. kukwiedei (New Caledonia Gallinule) · P. madagascariensis · P. mantelli (North Island Takahe) · P. mantelli hochstetteri · P. mantelli mantelli (North Island Takahe) · P. martinica (American Purple Gallinule) · P. martinicus · P. melanotus · P. melanotus var. pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872 · P. mertoni · P. neobritannicus · P. paepae · P. poliocephalus · P. poliocephalus pelewensis · P. poliocephalus poliocephalus · P. poliocephalus seistanicus · P. poliocephalus ssp · P. poliocephalus stanley · P. porhyrio · P. porphyrio (Purple Swamphen) · P. porphyrio bellus · P. porphyrio caledonicus · P. porphyrio caspius · P. porphyrio indicus · P. porphyrio madagascariensis (Purple Swamphen) · P. porphyrio melanopterus · P. porphyrio melanotos · P. porphyrio melanotus · P. porphyrio pelewensis · P. porphyrio plessenorum · P. porphyrio poliocephalus · P. porphyrio porphyrio · P. porphyrio pulverulentus · P. porphyrio samoensis · P. porphyrio seistanicus (Purple Swamphen) · P. porphyrio viridis · P. pulverulentus · P. smaragdonotus · P. smaragnotus · P. veterum · P. vitiensis
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. ENG url p. 213.
- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 259.
- Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Wien, Naturhistorisches Museum [etc.] GER url p. 354.
- Atlante ornitologico: uccelli europei: con notizie d'indole generale e particolare / del dr. E. Arrigoni Degli Oddi. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1902. ITA url p. 426, p. 562.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Birds of the Crane Pacific expedition, by Ernst Mayr and Sidney Camras. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. ENG url p. 459.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 109, p. 605, p. 615.
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. New Haven: The Museum, ENG url p. 124.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 217.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 336, p. 417.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 192.
- Dickinson, E.D. (2003b): The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World., edition 3, ser. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World.
- Fauna och flora: populr tidskrift fr biologi. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1906-1967; SWE url p. 172.
- Faune de France. [t.] 1-68. Paris, 1921-66. FRE url p. 57.
- Howard, R. Moore, A. (1991): A complete checklist of the birds of the World. - In: A complete checklist of the birds of the World, edition second edition (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich ed.), Academic Press
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 100, p. 205.
- Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde. Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, GER url p. 239.
- Katalog der Collection von Erlanger in Nieder-Ingelheim a. Rh. Berlin, R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1908. GER url p. 433.
- Katalog der Eiersammlung, nebst Beschreibungeh der aussereuropchen Eier. Berlin, R. Friedler & Sohn, 1910. GER url p. 40.
- Katalog der Vogelsammlung in Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main, von Ernst Hartert. Abgeschlossen Mitte Januar 1891. Frankfurt a.M., Knauer, 1891. GER url p. 211.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 79.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 758.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 680, p. 808.
- Revue suisse de zoologie. Genève, Kundig [etc.] FRE url p. 45.
- Sketches of South African bird-life, by Alwin Haagner and Robert H. Ivy illustrated by the camera. Cape Town, T.M. Miller[n.d.] ENG url p. 315.
- Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1820a): pp. 1-439 Manuel d'Ornithologie, ou tableau s and yacute;stematique des Oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe [.], edition 2. Edition. Manuel d'Ornithologie, ou tableau s and yacute;stematique des Oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe, edition 2. Edition (Gabriel Dufour ed.), vol. 1, Paris
- The Emu. Melbourne: Australasian Ornithologists' Union, ENG url p. 165.
- The birds of southeastern Madagascar / Steven M. Goodman [et al.]. [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1997. ENG url p. 131, p. 37.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas. ENG url p. 130.
- Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- ENG url p. 249.
- Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Schwedischen zoologischen expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906, unter leitung von prof. dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. Hrsg. mit unterstützung von der Königl. schwed Stockholm, Tryckt hos P. Palmquists aktiebolag, 1910. GER url p. 166, p. 23.
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 15 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
- BeBIF Provider, Royal Museum of Central Africa - Albertian Rift Birds
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
- University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852173
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176390
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14378183
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176390
- IUCN ID: 48993
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 142052
