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Porphyrio poliocephalus  ·  Grey-headed Swamphen

Datum 13 July 2009
Locatie De Meern - Veldhuizen
Fotograaf Luuk Punt Luuk Punt
Bekeken 5963 ×

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Arnoud B van den Berg

Arnoud B van den Berg
 ·  3 October 2015  08:12

Focusing On Wildlife 3/10/15: Purple Swamphen Porphyrio has been split into five species by IOC 5.3, largely in accordance with Sangster 1998 and Garcia & Trewick 2015. This decision, already implemented for some years by DB, will be followed by OSME as well and means that birders in the Middle East now have to discern breeding Grey-headed Swamphen P poliocephalus and vagrant African Swamphen P madagascariensis. Nominate Western Swamphen in Morocco / southern Spain has been reintroduced in eastern Spain and Italy, and spread north into France. References: Garcia-Ramirez, JC and SA Trewick. 2015. Dispersal and speciation in purple swamphens (Rallidae: Porphyrio). Auk 132: 140-155. Sangster, G. 1998. Purple Swamp-hen is a complex of species. Dutch Birding 20:13-22.

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