Purple Swamphen

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Porphyrio
Species:	P. porphyrio
Binomial name
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies groups:
P. p. porphyrio in the Mediterranean. P. p. madagascariensis in Africa P. p. poliocephalus in tropical Asia P. p. melanotus in much of Australasia P. p. indicus in Indonesia P. p. pulverulentis in the Philippines