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Purple Swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

Description:

This is longed leg bird with red bill and red spot on the head .It has blue -purplish body with grey head.

Habitat:

Found near pond which is full of water hyacinth ,able to swim and made nest on the water hyacinth leaves .

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6 Comments

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

Ok I will try but in our culture we have to pay respect to those who has more knowledge then us ........

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Hello Kranti... every user mention every other person by its first Name. Please do not use words Sir, Madam again. All of us are learning from each other's spottings.

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

Ok thanx sir , for ur all valuable help .........keep helping me ....

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Welcome Kranti... Hope you Bookmark the website marked in my comment what will help you to identify exact match with your spotted Bird in India.

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

thanx Mr. Ashish .I m just a beginner in the field of bird watching and photography so knows as much as known at first step .Trying to get more knowledge any time...........

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Surely a Young Guy at subadult stage... Nice spotting...
http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php...

Kranti Dhiman
Spotted by
Kranti Dhiman

Punjab, India

Spotted on Jul 7, 2012
Submitted on Aug 26, 2012

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