Gray-headed Swamphen

Porphyrio poliocephalus in Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville, Florida. The plant in the photo is jointed spikerush, which is one of their favorite foods.

 

This bird may not be typical of this species from elsewhere in the world due to being part of an introduced exotic population of unknown parentage.

 

This species used to be called purple swamp hen, but some taxonomists have split that into several species.

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