Purple Swamphen

Taxonomy Changes

Vocalizations

Subspecies (12)

• Porphyrio porphyrio bellus

  southwestern Australia

• Porphyrio porphyrio indicus

  Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, and southwestern Sulawesi

• Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis

  Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, and Madagascar

• Porphyrio porphyrio melanopterus

  northern Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas to New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)

• Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus

  northern and eastern Australia including Tasmania, Lord Howe and Norfolk islands (east of Australia; recently established), and New Zealand including North and South, Kermadec (northeast of New Zealand), and Chatham islands (east of New Zealand)

• Porphyrio porphyrio pelewensis

  Palau (Koror and Anguar)

• Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus

  India to Sri Lanka, southern China, northern Thailand, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands; an introduced population in Florida (USA) apparently is this subspecies

• Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio

  Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Africa (Morocco to Tunisia)

• Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus

  Karekelong Island (Talaud Islands) and Philippines

• Porphyrio porphyrio samoensis

  Admiralty Islands (western Bismarck Archipelago) to New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Samoa

• Porphyrio porphyrio seistanicus

  southeastern Türkiye to Iraq and southwestern Iran eastward to southwestern Afghanistan and Baluchistan (southwestern Pakistan)

• Porphyrio porphyrio viridis

  southern Myanmar to southern Thailand, southern China, Malay Peninsula, and Indochina