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Porphyrio porphyrio
Purple Swamphen

DESCRIPTION:

This bird has a really pretty violet colour on its chest but on its back is black. It has a red type of beak which goes down and around its mouth.

It has little webbed feet which are orange. This creature has long feathers which are also black but have a little spot of white underneath.


Purple Swamphen
By Jennifer and Olivia
October 1998

HABITAT:

The temperature has to be quite warm. This swamphen likes to live near lakes and rivers also by reed beds.

DISTRIBUTION:

It lives around the tip of northern Australia, all over N.S.W, Queensland and Victoria. It also lives in the very bottom of Western Australia.

INTERESTING FACTS: 

This creature flicks its tail when it walks around. It also steals other birds' eggs and chicks from the nest when the other bird is gone. It sometimes flies up into trees and it perches. It can also swim.

Bibliography :

Birds of Australia
Multimedia CD published by Websters

Research by Jennifer and Olivia 4/5S

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