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Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Purpurhuhn / Sultan høne
Facts: Height: 38–50 cm
Food: Primarily vegetable matter from aquatic plants, such as shoots, leaves, roots, flowers and seeds, but also small animals.
Habitat: Large parts of Africa and Asia where it mainly lives in wetland areas with fresh and brackish water.
Incubation period: 23–27 days
Number of eggs: 3–5
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The hallmark of the purple swamphen is its body shape that enables it to penetrate dense, low vegetation on land or in water. It looks for food in fresh or brackish water where it uses its beak to dig out and pull up plants. It uses its large feet to hold onto leaves and stems as it eats.
Its very long toes adapt the bird to looking for food in water and mud by preventing it from sinking into the soft subsoil.
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