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 Keoladeo National Park
White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Porzana fusca
Brown Bush-hen
Amaurornis akool
Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
Sarus Crane
Grus antigone
Demoiselle Crane
Anthropoides virgo
Common Crane
Grus grus
📅 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 Keoladeo National Park?
About 69% of visitor-days record a Western Swamphen sighting in Keoladeo National Park, based on 1301 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Swamphen in Keoladeo National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Western Swamphen in Keoladeo National Park in our monthly data.