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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostra
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
Lesser Moorhen
Gallinula angulata
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
African Crake
Crex egregia
Grey Crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum
📅 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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Western Swamphen sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, based on 31 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Western Swamphen in Ngorongoro Conservation Area?
April has the highest sighting rate for Western Swamphen in Ngorongoro Conservation Area in our monthly data.