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Species profile—Porphyrio melanotus (purple swamphen)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Rallidae (crakes, rails and swamphens) → Porphyrio melanotus (purple swamphen)

Photo of Porphyrio melanotus (purple swamphen) - Queensland Government,1977
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Rallidae (crakes, rails and swamphens)
Scientific name
Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820
Common name
purple swamphen
Type reference
Temminck, C.J. (1820). Manuel d'ornithologie; ou, Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe, precede d'une analyse du systeme general d'ornithologie, et suivi d'une table alphabetique des especes. Paris: Gabriel Dufour Vol. 2.
WildNet taxon ID
1662
Synonym(s)
Porphyrio porphyrio
Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Porphyrio poliocephalus melanotus
Alternate name(s)
bald-coot
Australasian swamphen
pukeko
eastern swamphen
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Agricultural Pest
Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1662.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Last updated
20 May 2024