Purple Swamphens (Porphyrio porphyrio) attempting to prey upon Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) eggs and preying upon a cygnet on an urban lake in Melbourne, Australia
Balasubramaniam, Shandiya and Guay, Patrick - Jean 2008, Purple Swamphens (Porphyrio porphyrio) attempting to prey upon Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) eggs and preying upon a cygnet on an urban lake in Melbourne, Australia, Wilson Journal of Ornithology, vol. 120, no. 3, pp. 633-635, doi: 10.1676/07-150.1.
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Purple Swamphens (Porphyrio porphyrio) attempting to prey upon Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) eggs and preying upon a cygnet on an urban lake in Melbourne, Australia
We report the predation of Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) eggs and cygnets by adult Purple Swamphens (Porphyrio porphyrio), a mostly-herbivorous species of rail, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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