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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

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posted on 2008-09-01, 00:00 authored by S Balasubramaniam, Patrick GuayPatrick Guay
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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Wilson Journal of Ornithology

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120

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633-635

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Albion, MIich.

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1559-4491

Language

eng

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CN.1 Other journal article

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2008, Wilson Ornithological Society

Issue

3

Publisher

Wilson Ornithological Society

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