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| | Scientific name: Porphyrio porphyrio
Size: 45cm
Status: Common
Diet: Herbs, seeds, fruit, eggs, reed stems and insects.
Habitat: Swamps and marshy paddocks.
Breeding: Will breed anytime when conditions are favourable. Three to eight eggs are layed.
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| | Purple Swamphen
/Purple+Swamphen/$File/Purple+Swamphen.jpg) Swamphens are often seen grazing in open marshy paddocks. |
