#0793 · 🐦 birds

Western Swamphen

🇳🇱 Purperkoet ·Porphyrio porphyrio

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The western swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) is a swamphen in the rail family Rallidae, one of the six species of purple swamphen. From the French name talève sultane , it is also known as the sultana bird . This chicken-sized bird, with its large feet, bright plumage and red bill and frontal shield is easily recognisable in its native range. It used to be considered the nominate subspecies of the purple swamphen. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula,...

base stats

NL sightings 27iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,919iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).