Name - Porphyrio poliocephalus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:849262 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Porphyrio poliocephalus Vieillot 1819

• Porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham 1801)

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Recent Publications

• Grey-headed swamp-hen at Schuddebeurs in winter 1988/89.
• New locality of inhabitation of Porphyrio poliocephalus in Turkmenistan.
• A new trematode Patagifer sanyali n. sp. (Echinostomatidae : Echinostomatinae) from a site nearby to Agasthyamalai Tiger Reserve Forest, Tirunelvelli (Dist.), Tamil Nadu, India.
• First report of diluted plumage in Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) and a review of color aberrations in swamphens.
• Sarus crane Antigone antigone predating on chicks of grey-headed swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus.

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