{"id":2981,"date":"2016-12-21T22:35:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T14:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2981"},"modified":"2017-03-17T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T03:46:54","slug":"purple-swamphen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?page_id=2981","title":{"rendered":"Purple Swamphen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2983\" src=\"http:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Purple-Swamphen-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"purple-swamphen\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Purple-Swamphen-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Purple-Swamphen-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Purple-Swamphen-768x953.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Purple-Swamphen.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Purple Swamphen<\/h4>\n<h6><em>Porphyrio porphyrio<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>Length: 45-50 cm.<br \/>\nThis is our largest member of the group comprising crakes, rails and swamphens. The Purple Swamphen has a wide distribution as they can also be found in Africa, South and Southeast Asia. They are common in South-west WA, where there is suitable habitat.<br \/>\nThe Swamphen seems less water-dependent than our other members of this group; some can still be found after the lake has dried in the summer. Although they mostly feed on vegetation, they often eat eggs, ducklings and very young birds of other species, especially when they are feeding their own offspring.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 15px;\">[soundy button]<\/div>\n<p>Click on the play icon to hear the Swampen&#8217;s call<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2981 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2985'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-nestbuilding_0548t-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2987'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-Purple_1977cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2986'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-Juvenile-P1030942ct-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-Juvenile-P1030942ct-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-Juvenile-P1030942ct-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-Juvenile-P1030942ct-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-Juvenile-P1030942ct-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/?attachment_id=2984'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Swamphen-Family_0540cbt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Length: 45-50 cm. This is our largest member of the group comprising crakes, rails and swamphens. The Purple Swamphen has a wide distribution as they can also be found in Africa, South and Southeast Asia. They are common in South-west WA, where there is suitable habitat. The Swamphen seems less water-dependent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3562,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2981\/revisions\/3562"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsoflakeclaremont.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}