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Purple Swamphen |
Sightings
Purple Swamphens are a common sight along water edges of wetlands. In the Narrabri region seen regularly around permanent water, for example around Narrabri Lake.
We also came across a couple of them in Canberra in 2005 and near Uralla in the same year.
Photos
Lateral view of a Purple Swamphen in reeds (click on image for full-size display)
View from behind of a Purple Swamphen
Here a game of "catch me, if you can" on Dangars Lagoon near Uralla, New South Wales; one can see on the bird on the right that there is one large white patch (click on image for larger version)