Philippine swamphen
| Philippine swamphen | |
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| 1838 illustration | |
| Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Porphyrio |
| Species: | P. pulverulentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Porphyrio pulverulentus (Temminck, 1826) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus | |
Philippine swamphen (Porphyrio pulverulentus) is a species of swamphen occurring in The Philippines, It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has olive-chestnut mantle and scapulars, and the whole plumage is tinged with ash-grey.
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