Black-backed swamphen
| Black-backed 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. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Porphyrio indicus (Horsfield, 1821) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Porphyrio porphyrio indicus | |
Black-backed swamphen (Porphyrio indicus) is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. It previously was considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts, and the side of the head is blackish.
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