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

Shandiya Balasubramaniam; Patrick-Jean Guay

doi:10.1676/07-150.1

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Shandiya Balasubramaniam,^* Patrick-Jean Guay^*,**

^*Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
^**Corresponding author; p.guay@zoology.unimelb.edu.au

Abstract

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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Shandiya Balasubramaniam and Patrick-Jean Guay "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," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(3), 633-635, (1 September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1676/07-150.1

Received: 9 October 2007; Accepted: 1 November 2007; Published: 1 September 2008

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