{"id":24609,"date":"2012-10-30T15:32:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:24","slug":"purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae (rails). From its name in French, taleve sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Purple Swamphen\u00a0<i>Porphyrio\u00a0porphyrio<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-168-24609\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8464\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/purple_gallinule_0.jpg\" title=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (03)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (03)\" alt=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/thumbs\/thumbs_purple_gallinule_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1149\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio-2.jpg\" title=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/thumbs\/thumbs_purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1148\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio-1.jpg\" title=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio\/thumbs\/thumbs_purple-swamphen-porphyrio-porphyrio-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) (01)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae (rails). 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