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Common Name

African Swamphen

Alternate Names

African Swamphen

Common Type

Swamphen

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae

Genus

Porphyrio

Species

madagascariensis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Africa Swamphen Namibia,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Freshwater marshes, swamps, ponds, slow flowing rivers with reeds.

Distribution and Range

Egypt, Sub Sahara Africa and Madagascar

Food

Diet includes a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures.

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Bird

African Swamphen

African Swamphen

Swamphen

Gruiformes

Rallidae

Porphyrio

madagascariensis

Least Concern

Africa Swamphen Namibia,

0

Resident

Freshwater marshes, swamps, ponds, slow flowing rivers with reeds.

Egypt, Sub Sahara Africa and Madagascar

Diet includes a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures.

Is primarily a sedentary species. The population is believed to be decreasing due to local disturbance and loss of habitat.