Purple Swamphen

Key Facts

Family: Rallidae

Biometrics:
Length: 38 to 50 cm, Weight: 725 to 870 g, Wingspan: 90 to 100 cm

Range:
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand

Habitat:
Marshes with sedges, where flood and dryness alternate, in late summer and autumn coastal lagoons and rivers, when the rains start and the water level rises, they go back to the swampy places