Purple Swamphen (4/21)

GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Porphyrio porphyrio  

Purple Swamphen at Werribee Western Treatment Plant.

It may be common but you've got to love a bird that's black for the most part yet sports a heavy red bill, red shield on its forehead, bright red eyes, a purple breast, white rump, pink legs, and feet with toes that are long enough to scratch its bum and its bill at the same time.

I love it.