Grey-headed Swamphen, (Porphyrio poliocephalus), Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

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Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, but was elevated to full species status in 2015; today the purple swamphen is considered a superspecies and each of its six races are designated full species.

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Location: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Photo credit: © Dominic Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
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