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- noun Plural form of
swamphen .
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Examples
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Julie Wraithmell, wildlife policy coordinator for Audubon of Florida, said swamphens have been seen preying on the chicks of water birds.
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Wildlife officials in Florida say they have been unable to drive swamphens, an invasive exotic bird, from the state.
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The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Sunday state officials went after the purple swamphens in 2006.
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"Lots and lots of swamphens are going to change the ecology," said Kratter.
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Julie Wraithmell, wildlife policy coordinator for Audubon of Florida, called news of the swamphens 'apparent victory "disappointing."
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The surging numbers of swamphens now moving into Central Florida may have sprung from a single family group of fewer than a half-dozen birds first spotted in the Silver Lakes subdivision of
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"The swamphens had a 10-year head start on us," he said.
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"The concern we have is that swamphens have been seen preying on the chicks of water birds," said Wraithmell.
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