Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio. These are common in wetlands and swamps throughout eastern and northern Australia, often in pairs and larger communities. On the Capricorn Coast you can find them at the Emu Park and Kinka wetlands, around Lake Mary and beside the Sandy Point Road, they are sometimes in company with the Dusky Moorhen but are slightly larger while the Moorhen is entirely grey-brown and with a yellow tip to the beak.

Continue to Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio. These are common in wetlands and swamps throughout eastern and northern Australia, often in pairs and larger communities. On the Capricorn Coast you can find them at the Emu Park and Kinka wetlands, around Lake Mary and beside the Sandy Point Road, they are sometimes in company with the Dusky Moorhen but are slightly larger while the Moorhen is entirely grey-brown and with a yellow tip to the beak..