Purple Swamphen

Purple Swamphen

The Melbourne Botanical Gardens is an attractive place with lakes, ponds, lawns and a small woodland area. Purple Swamphens were common on the lawns but this one posed in a small wetland area.

Country: Australia
Location: Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Family: Rails, Crakes and Coots (Rallidae)
Species: Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Date taken: 16/11/2013