purple swamphen

English

Wikispecies

Noun

purple swamphen (plural purple swamphens)

  1. Various species in the Porphyrio genus of the Rallidae family, including Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio pulverulentus, and Porphyrio melanotus.

Synonyms

  • African purple swamphen
  • purple coot
  • purple gallinule
  • purple moorhen
  • sultana bird

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.