Although having no webbed feet, the western swamphen can swim and even dive.
It often spreads its toes on floating leaves, giving the illusion it is walking on the water surface.
General information about the western swamphen. /CGTN Graphic
A western swamphen forages by the river. /Photo by Zhang Ming with Luli Studio
(Editor: Zhu Yingming. Cover photo was taken in Dali City, southwest China's Yunnan Province by Zhang Ming with Luli Studio.)
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