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| Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus
- Courtship |
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| Photographer : | © Abhilash A K |
| Location : | Seeranaickenpalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Date : |
8 March 2013 |
| English synonyms: | Indian Swamphen (poliocephalus), Grey-headed Swamphen (poliocephalus), Grey-headed Purple Swamphen (poliocephalus), European Purple Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamp-hen, Purple Coot, Purple Moorhen, West Mediterranean Purple Swamphen, Western Swamphen, Philippine Swamphen (pulverulentus), Australasian Swamphen (samoensis), Sunda Swamphen (indicus), Black-backed Swamphen (indicus) |
| Bird Family : | Rallidae - Rails, Crakes, Bush Hens, Watercock, Gallinules, Swamphens, Moorhens & Coots |
| Bird Group : | GRUIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | At first it looked like normal mating behaviour, but to my surprise, the bird on the top stepped down immediately after mounting, without any copulation; in fact it just walked over the other. Later by posting into different forums I came to the conclusion that it is a courtship behaviour. - AAK |
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