Purple Swamphen
Adult, profile
Murray Mallee Region
Purple Swamphen
Pair, Wading
 
                      
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)
Order: Cranes (Gruiformes)
Family: Rails (Rallidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus)
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Synonyms: Porphyrio melanotus, Porphyrio melanotus ssp melanotus or Porphyrio porphyrio ssp melanotus
Other names: Australian Swamphen or Australasian Swamphen

Thank you George Seagull, Bradley W. Jones & Josh Martin (BioShots_JM) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere

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This species is classed as RA (Rare) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)