Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Burrill Lake, NSW

Porphyrio melanotus at Burrill Lake, NSW - 16 Apr 2015 12:00 AM
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Identification history

Porphyrio porphyrio 18 Jul 2018 CharlesDove

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • True Nesting site

Species information

  • Porphyrio melanotus Scientific name
  • Australasian Swamphen Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 796.5m Recorded at altitude
  • 283 images trained Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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