Black-backed Swamphen, My Khanh Tourist Garden, Can Tho, Vietnam

Black-backed Swamphen, My Khanh Tourist Garden, Can Tho, Vietnam - Purple Swamphen
My Khanh Tourist Garden, near Can Tho, Mekong Delta, Vietnam (September 2017)

Our day-trip to Cai Rang floating market, My Khanh Tourist Garden and Bang Lang Stork Garden was organised by Mekong Riverside Resort & Spa. Western tourists visiting the Tourist Garden might be surprised to see such entertainments as pig and dog racing, and crocodile fishing (baiting with chicken pieces suspended from bamboo rods). There were a few captive birds around a pond and in cages.

Captive bird.

Status is classified as Least Concern. Black-backed Swamphen has been included under Purple Swamphen. For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio / Internet Bird Collection
Black-backed Swamphen / Bird Forum
BirdLife International / Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

Shooting Time 10:35
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/640
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 1600

Latitude 09 59 30.8 N
Longitude 105 42 20.9 E
Altitude 19.00m


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