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Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis |
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Porphyrio madagascariensis |
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French name : |
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Poule sultane |
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Purple Swamphen |
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Kipena (Kiluba-PNU) ; kipene (Kiluba); N-kurubindi (Kitabwa) ; mfutitanga (Kibemba) | |
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Bird with a purlpish plumage and a greenish back. Legs, bill and frontal shield are red. |
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Common in large marshes, this bird is easily observed. |
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Inhabits marshes. Easily walks on the floating vegetation of which it consumes lilies' fruits and reeds' flowers. Also feeds on others birds' eggs or on fish. Does not swim. |
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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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