Species of bird
The black-backed swamphen (Porphyrio indicus) is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts, and the side of the head is blackish.
It tends to migrate away from urbanization and other human activity.[1] It lives in wetlands, preferring those with slow-flowing water.[1]
References
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 194.
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