bird · Gruiformes · Rallidae
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Western Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamp-Hen. Occurrence records of the Purple Swamphen are shared on GBIF from around 27 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (3 594 records), in 7 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernRallidae
27reserves with records
9 867records around them
7provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 3 594 |
| Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve | GP Gauteng | 1 466 |
| Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area | WC Western Cape | 989 |
| Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve | GP Gauteng | 751 |
| Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | WC Western Cape | 735 |
| Tokai ParkNational park | WC Western Cape | 712 |
| Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 345 |
| Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve | WC Western Cape | 201 |
| Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area | FS Free State | 155 |
| Grysbok ParkNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 146 |
| Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 129 |
| Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve | WC Western Cape | 119 |
| Diepsloot NatuurreservaatNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 116 |
| Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 74 |
| Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve | EC Eastern Cape | 61 |
| Kosi BayNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 53 |
| Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 40 |
| Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 40 |
| Randfontein Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | GP Gauteng | 33 |
| De Onderstepoort Private Nature ReserveNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 32 |
| OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | NW North West | 30 |
| Bluff Nature ReserveProtected area | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 18 |
| Wolhuterskop Game and Nature ReservePrivate game reserve | FS Free State | 9 |
| Pretorius KloofNature reserve | FS Free State | 8 |
| Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 6 |
| Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve | NW North West | 3 |
| Heyns PrivaatnatuurreserveNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 2 |
By province
- Western Cape
- 9 reserves
- Gauteng
- 7 reserves
- KwaZulu-Natal
- 4 reserves
- Free State
- 3 reserves
- North West
- 2 reserves
- Eastern Cape
- 1 reserve
- Mpumalanga
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Scientific name
- Porphyrio porphyrio
- GBIF taxon
- 2474416
- Wikidata
- Q187902
More of the Rallidae family
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.