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Common Name

Grey Headed Swamphen

Alternate Names

Common Type

Swamphen

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae

Genus

Porphyrio

Species

poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Grey Headed Swamp Hen Sri Lanka,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Marshes and lake

Distribution and Range

From the Middle East and Indian subcontinent to s China and n Thailand

Food

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

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Field Notes:

Was introduced to North America in the 1990s due to avicultural escapes. Eradication efforts failed and they can now be found in many areas of southern Florida. It is likely that it will become an established part of Florida's avifauna

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