Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusPorphyrio (Swamphens and Blue Gallinules)
- SpeciesPorphyrio porphyrio (Western Swamphen)
Closest Relatives at Addo Elephant National Park
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
African Crake
Crex egregia
Red-chested Flufftail
Sarothrura rufa
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
Blue Crane
Anthropoides paradiseus
Grey Crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum
African Finfoot
Podica senegalensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Western Swamphen in Addo Elephant National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Western Swamphen sighting in Addo Elephant National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Swamphen in Addo Elephant National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Western Swamphen in Addo Elephant National Park in our monthly data.