Language: Chinese with scientific nomenclature
The Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio, locally also known as Purple Galinule is a very rare, large waterbird, found mainly in Africa, southern Asia and Oceania. In China this species is only found in the southwest. This book collects the results of a two-year investigation by the author into the Purple Swamphen in China, and is richly illustrated with colour photos.