Philippine Swamphen (Porphyrio pulverulentus)
About the Philippine Swamphen
Philippine swamphen (Porphyrio pulverulentus Temminck, 1826) is a species of swamphen occurring in the Philippines and in the Talaud Islands, Indonesia. In the Philippines, it is found on Luzon, Mindanao, and other larger islands. Its habitat is dense reedbeds in swamps and wetlands, and fringing vegetation by lakes, ponds and rivers. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen; it differs from other members of this group in having olive-brown mantle and scapulars, and the head and body are tinged with ash-grey. It is part of the purple swamphen species complex which also includes the Australasian swamphen, grey-headed swamphen, western swamphen, African swamphen and black-backed swamphen but was differentiated through molecular studies, and its browner back and paler body.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 5 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Philippines in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotusrecording
- Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalusrecording
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicarecording
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyriorecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.