Purple Swamphen is a large bird in the family Rallidae

The Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae (rails).
From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird. The common name in New Zealand, used for the subspecies P. p. melanotus, is Pūkeko, which is the Māori name.
They forage on insects, molluscs, water beetles, and water-plant shoots. In their foraging sprees, they sometimes invade the close by paddy fields and graze on the tender rice-shoots. This is not much of a problem as the farmer’s presence is enough to send them off scuttling for cover among the reeds.
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