Black-backed swamphen
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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| Species: | P. indicus
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| Porphyrio indicus (Horsfield, 1821)
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Porphyrio porphyrio indicus | |
Black-backed swamphen (Porphyrio indicus) is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts, and the side of the head is blackish.