非洲紫水鸡

分类位置

同属物种

Allen's Gallinule

Allen's Gallinule

澳洲紫水鸡

Australasian Swamphen

淡青水鸡

Azure Gallinule

黑背紫水鸡

Black-backed Swamphen

紫水鸡

Gray-headed Swamphen

馬克薩斯水雞

Marquesan Swamphen

形态与习性

The African swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis) is a species of swamphen occurring in Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It used to be considered a subspecies of the western swamphen, which it resembles, but with bronze green or green-blue back and scapulars. It also resembles the grey-headed swamphen of Asia, sharing the greenish back with it, but lacking the paler grey head of that species. The African Swamphen is a mainly sedentary species that can be found in sub-Saharan Africa, inc