purple swamphen

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purple swamphen

noun purple swamphens

Various species in the Porphyrio genus of the Rallidae family, including Porphyrio porphyrio, Porphyrio madagascariensis, Porphyrio poliocephalus, Porphyrio indicus, Porphyrio pulverulentus, and Porphyrio melanotus.
Similar: African purple swamphen, purple coot, purple gallinule, purple moorhen, sultana bird

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noun Porphyrio porphyrio

Français	poule sultane, talève sultane
Deutsch	Purpurhuhn
Italiano	pollo sultano
Tiếng Việt	trích, xít

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@misc{purple_swamphen_2026,
  title = {purple swamphen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/purple%20swamphen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}