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Purple Swamphen
IanC

Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

Something different for me, late in the day, difficult light. Very interesting birds, I have been driving past these on my way to work evryday, decided to spend an hour trying to get a good shot. Room for improvement but working on it.
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Habitat
Water
Location
Port Macquarie NSW
Date taken
20th August 2006
Scientific name
Porphyrio melanotus
Equipment used
Olympus E500, 50-200
raulqc
Good picture. About two years ago I saw one of this in Florida, took my a while to ID the bird, similar to the purple gallinule but much larger.
 
nyoman
What a gorgeous creature. I'd love to see one of these birds. Such an eccentric head!
 

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