Purple Swamp Hen, Qta do Lago, Algarve

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Purple Swamp Hen, Qta do Lago, Algarve

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Colin Key Banned Registered: December 2007 Location: Algarve, Portugal Posts: 3,385	Canon 400D 500mm f/4 + 1.4 TCII 1/800s f/5.6 at 700mm ISO 200
	· Date: Thu January 8, 2009 · Views: 2631 · Filesize: 44.9kb, 424.6kb · Dimensions: 850 x 582 ·
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PeterD
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Registered: February 2008
Location: Portsmouth
Posts: 1,218

Thu January 8, 2009 4:50pm

Lovely shot of, for me, a very unusual bird. Looked it up in my guide and find that is VERY local but with a wider range than the Red-knobbed Coot.
The beak size is very heavy looking and probly the red colouring makes it look more so.
Thanks for posting this Colin.
Peter

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Joe stockwell

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Registered: January 2008
Location: Andover
Posts: 531

Sat January 10, 2009 1:58pm

i still think "purple swamp hen" is such a .... name for such a wonderfull looking bird

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PeterD
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Registered: February 2008
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Sat January 10, 2009 6:25pm

This is also called Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio). It is under rare species in the DK RSPB Birds of Britain and Europe.
Peter

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Kenwin5
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Registered: January 2009
Posts: 140

Sat February 7, 2009 3:11am

I agree it's a beautiful looking bird, particularly with the sun on it, and I agree that the "swamp hen" name sounds awful. My books call it Gallinule. My wife failed to get her tongue round this to start with and kept calling it "Galliano". We both know what she's talking about, and I think it sounds great!

Bobolink44

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Registered: November 2007
Posts: 403

Sat March 7, 2009 6:33pm

cracker of a photo

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