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Purple Swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

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7 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Beautiful shot, no doubt. Could you please write something about the habitat/environment where you saw this swamphen e.g (coastal wetlands/swamps) etc. Any information on vegetation around.

Mick G
Mick G 9 years ago

Nice shot. These are now becoming established in Florida USA. I just posted a spotting near me.

Darvesh
Darvesh 10 years ago

very beautiful !

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Nice shot Sarala..

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Awesome!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

I really enjoy your spottings, Sarala!!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Beautiful shot!

Hambantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Spotted on Oct 12, 2012
Submitted on Feb 27, 2013

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