Black-backed swamphen

Black-backed swamphen
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

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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