World Bird List

Species factsheet
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Order: Porphyrio porphyrio
Family: Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae)

Danske navn: Sultanhøne

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Subspecies and Distribution
Subspecie Distribution
madagascariensis Africa and Madagascar
poliocephalus Middle East and Indian subcontinent to s China, n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is and s Myanmar to c and s Indochina to the Malay Pen.
seistanicus se Turkey to the Caspian Sea, nw Iran, Iraq to Pakistan and nw India
porphyrio India and Sri Lanka to sw China and n Thailand, Andaman and Nicobar Is.
viridis s Myanmar to c and s Indochina to the Malay Pen.
Annoncer