Stock Photo: Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio Melanotus) In Search Of Food : (Pix Sanjiv Shukla)
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Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) is a species found in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, it is known as the p?keko. The bird is about the size of a domestic hen and has red forehead, beak and legs. Breast and underparts are blue while back is blue-black. When threatened, it often walks away rather flying off. When they fly, take-offs and landings are clumsy, and short flight distances are preferred
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