广东海丰发现紫水鸡繁殖巢

Breeding Nests of Purple Swamphen Founded in Haifeng,Guangdong

紫水鸡(Porphyrio porphyrio)在中国分布范围极小,至今未有繁殖记录。2006年5月,作者在广东省海丰沿海地区记录到紫水鸡繁殖巢3个,分别营巢于水葱和芦苇中。这不仅是广东,也是国内紫水鸡繁殖的首次记录。

Purple Swamphen（ Porphyrio porphyrio） is a rare species with a stricture distribution in China, no any breeding notes are available, yet. Three breeding nests of this bird were first recorded in hydrophyte cluster of Scirpus tabernaemontani and Phragmites communis in Haifeng Nature Reserve in May 2006, not only in Guangdong Province, but also in China.