African Swamphen

Porphyrio madagascariensis

Least Concern

The African Swamphen is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Madagascar. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

African Swamphen Range — Resident or seasonal range in Madagascar

Population

≈ Unknown

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