Swamphen

Porphyrio is the swamphen genus of birds in the rail family. The genus name Porphyrio is the Latin for "swamphen". It includes some smaller species which are usually called "purple gallinules", and which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula. The Porphyrio gallinules are distributed in the warmer regions of the world

Swamphen

Porphyrio is the swamphen genus of birds in the rail family. The genus name Porphyrio is the Latin for "swamphen". It includes some smaller species which are usually called "purple gallinules", and which are sometimes separated as genus Porphyrula or united with the gallinules proper (or "moorhens") in Gallinula. The Porphyrio gallinules are distributed in the warmer regions of the world