Black-backed Swamphen (Porphyrio indicus)

About Black-backed Swamphen (Porphyrio indicus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
• Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

The black-backed swamphen is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts, and the side of the head is blackish.

Source: Wikipedia