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African Swamphen (Smaragdpurperkoet)




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African (Purple) Swamphen - Porphyrio madagascariensis - Smaragdpurperkoet
Formerly considered as subspecies of Purple Swamphen - Porphyrio porphyrio - Purperkoet.
Egypt, Africa south of the Sahara and Madagascar.
This species is monotypic.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


African Purple SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
African Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio madagascariensis
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