The Life of Birds | Grey-Headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus

The Life of Birds | Grey-Headed Swamphen | Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | Bird-watching

دجاجة السلطان رمادية الرأس | طاووسک سرخاکستری | Grijskoppurperkoet | നീലക്കോഴി | कुर्मा | ਨੀਲੀ ਜਲ ਕੁੱਕੜੀ | நீலத் தாழைக்கோழி | Trích cồ | 灰頭紫水雞 | Султан кашкалдагы | Tóidoozohii dootłʼizhí bitsiiʼ łibáhígíí | pollo sultano testagrigia | פורפיריה כחולה | Gråhuvad purpurhöna | ਨੀਲੀ ਜਲ ਕੁੱਕੜੀ



A very large bluish-purple gallinule with a red bill and forehead shield and red legs and feet with long toes. The tail is flicked up often, revealing fluffy white “underpants.” Juveniles are duller than adults and lack the red bill and shield. A common inhabitant of marshy, vegetated freshwater bodies such as swamps, rivers, and lakes; usually in small groups. Feeds, often clumsily, at muddy water edges, in reeds, and on floating vegetation. Makes short nasal grunts and croaking sounds.

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