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Purple Swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

Description:

The species makes loud, quick, bleating and hooting calls, which are hardly bird-like in tone. It is particularly noisy during the breeding season. Despite being clumsy in flight it can fly long distances, and it is a good swimmer, especially for a bird without webbed feet.

Habitat:

Seen at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary.

Notes:

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Gujarat, India

Spotted on Apr 3, 2014
Submitted on Apr 21, 2014

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