Distribution
The African Swamphen is a mainly sedentary species that can be found in sub-Saharan Africa, including southern Africa, where it is sometimes locally common. It is found in northern and eastern Botswana, part of Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the coast of Mozambique. In South Africa it is absent from the Northern Cape and the interior of the Eastern Cape.It has occurred as a vagrant in Israel with a record from Eilat in October 2015.
Status
The population is believed to be decreasing due to local disturbance and loss of habitat although it is not considered to be threatened.Habitat
The African swamphen has a preference for freshwater or brackish ponds, slow flowing rivers, especially those flanked by reeds and sedges, marshes, swamps, it also occurs on seasonally flooded wetlands.References:
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