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Swamp hen

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(Zool.) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); - called also goollema.
An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); - called also little swamp hen.
The European purple gallinule.

See also: Swamp Swamp Swamp



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positive Bird species market market samples results ([dagger]) Chicken 204 3 207 1 Duck 59 2 61 2 Quail -- 396 396 5 Pigeon 6 -- 6 -- House sparrow 112 6 118 -- Water cock -- 27 27 2 Water hen -- 33 33 -- Swamp hen -- 1 1 -- Crake -- 1 1 -- Moor hen -- 80 80 2 Total 381 549 930 12 * Sample source: swabs.
Long-legged water birds; jacanas, swamp hens, coots and pond, little and purple herons foraged amongst the plants.
A number of creatures being displayed are now extinct, including a 200-year-old flightless swamp hen which lived on an island off Australia; the Himalayan mountain quail, which vanished in Victorian times; the Paradise Parrot (last seen about 1930) and the Long-tailed Hopping Mouse which lived in Western Australia.
 
 
 
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