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African Swamphen
Porphyrio madagascariensis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Gray-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| South Africa | 1,135 |
|---|---|
| Western Cape | 764 |
| Gauteng | 162 |
| Egypt | 112 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 94 |
| Aswan Governorate | 73 |
| Mpumalanga | 63 |
| Tanzania | 32 |
| Luxor Governate | 25 |
| Kenya | 24 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Cranes, Rails, and Allies · Gruiformes |
| Family | Rails, Gallinules, and Coots · Rallidae |
| Genus | Swamphens and Blue Gallinules · Porphyrio |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise African Swamphen with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.