Philippine swamphen (''Porphyrio pulverulentus''

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, 1826) is a species of swamphen occurring in The

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. It used to be considered a subspecies of the

purple swamphen The purple swamphen has been split into the following species: * Western swamphen, ''Porphyrio porphyrio'', southwest Europe and northwest Africa * African swamphen, ''Porphyrio madagascariensis'', sub-Saharan continental Africa and Madagascar * ...

, which it resembles, but has olive-chestnut mantle and scapulars, and the whole plumage is tinged with ash-grey.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21097372 Philippine swamphen Endemic birds of the Philippines Wading birds Philippine swamphen