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Porphyrio alleni |
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Porphyrula alleni |
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Poule d'Allen |
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Allen's Gallinule |
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| Kipena (Kiluba-PNU) ; kipene (Kiluba) | |
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African bird. Distinguished from the Purple Swamphen by its size. Is about half the size of its cousin. Otherwise, colours are similar (purple-green) with red legs and red bill. |
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Permanent marshes with floating vegetation. |
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Likes floating plants on which its walks with easiness.
Intra-african migrator. Some birds living in permanent marshes do however not move. |
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Nests at the end of the rainy season.
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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