Gray-headed Swamphen
Porphyrio poliocephalus
The grey-headed swamphen 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 subspecies groups are designated full species.
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Family
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots