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Pukeko, Western Springs, New Zealand

Western Swamphen, aka Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, fka Purple Gallinule, wading among vegetation at the side of a lagoon in Coto Doñana, southern Spain.

Purple Gallinule ( Porphyrio martinicus ) in Everglades National Park, Florida

A Purple Swamphen walking in the marsh, water's edge, looking for food. Green vegetations in the foreground, blue water background. Queensland, Australia

A Dusky Moorhen swimming in a lake in the morning sun. Gallinula tenebrosa.

Purple Gallinule at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida.

A close up of the face of a Moorhen, taken at a lake in Kent

The purple moor hen or Western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

A vibrant purple gallinule perches among the reeds and water lilies in the Florida Everglades. The bird’s striking blue feathers and red bill stand out against the lush green backdrop.

Deep blue Swamphen foraging on the ground

Purple swamphen in gap in green water plants on Lake Wendouree, Ballarat Australia.

Western swamphen in Llobregat delta channel, in a channel near aeroport. El Prat de Llobregat

Domestic hen sized bird, shiny Purple in color with a red patch on the bald head and red beak with long red legs clumsily moving along the shore line or among the reeds. This is the Purple Moorhen. The male is a glistening purple color and the female is a little duller than the male with greyish-purple color. This bird can be seen clumsily moving around with calculated gait and the short stubby tail flicking at every step. It is a very shy bird and hides itself among the cat-tail reeds at the slightest disturbance. Pairs are often seen and sometimes a party of them can be seen foraging at close fields adjoining the swamps. It is in the group of Rails, and has the characters of all rails. Distribution is throughout the country and an interesting bird to study, which need lot of stealth. Sometimes these birds are very amusing to watch as they try to clamber up the reeds awkwardly. They forage on insects, mollusks, water beetles, and water-plant shoots. In their foraging sprees they sometimes invade the close by paddy fields and graze on the tender rice-shoots. This is not much of a problem as the farmerâs presence is enough to send them off scuttling for cover among the reeds. The courtship display is more like children playing catch-me-if-you-can game. Their calls are also amusing as they do not keep to any standard call sometimes cackling like hens, sometimes hooting, sometimes hissing and shrieking. The male is seen to entice a female by holding a piece of reed in his beaks and offering it to females. The nesting season is from June to September. The nest is large pad of reed leaves on a floating mass or hidden inside the reed beds. 3 to 6 eggs are laid with pale yellowish color and blotched or spotted with reddish brown. Whether both the sexes share all domestic duties is a thing to be studied and discovered.

Close up of Pukeko or purple swamphen wading in lake margins among reeds

Grey-headed swamphen

A native Pukeko bird with striking blue plumage and red beak, foraging in New Zealand wetlands. Bird watching.

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

Portrait of a Pukeko in the Park

Pukeko in water of swamp

Deep blue Swamphen foraging on the ground

Pukeko bird walking across the road, unrecognizable people pushing baby pram at Western Springs park, Auckland.

Close up of Pukeko or purple swamphen

A Grey-headed Swamphen in the amazing reserve of Green Cay wetlands in Florida.

The purple swamphen Feeding in Sunrise

$Taxon name: Tasmanian Native-hen\nTaxon scientific name: Tribonyx mortierii\nLocation: Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia$

Colorful native bird Pukeko walking through grassy landscape looking for food, New Zealand

Common Gallinule

Purple Swamphen perched on a log

Swamp hen. Close up.

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