Philippine swamphen | |
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1838 illustration | |
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Porphyrio |
Species: | P. pulverulentus |
Binomial name | |
Porphyrio pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) |
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Synonyms | |
Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus |
Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus
Philippine swamphen (Porphyrio pulverulentus) is a species of swamphen occurring in The Philippines. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has olive-chestnut mantle and scapulars, and the whole plumage is tinged with ash-grey.