Species profile—Porphyrio melanotus (purple swamphen)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds) → Rallidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&family=rallidae ) (crakes, rails and swamphens) → Porphyrio melanotus (purple swamphen)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/4778?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=1662#imgGallery )
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1662&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1662&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=1662 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (animals)
- Class
- Aves ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves ) (birds)
- Family
- Rallidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=aves&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
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Porphyrio%20melanotus#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=PORPHYRIO%2BMELANOTUS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1662 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1662 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
