Purple Swamphen Pair, Wading | Purple Swamphen Adult, Feet | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | ||||
Order: | Cranes (Gruiformes) | ||||
Family: | Rails (Rallidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Adult, Face Shield🔎 | ||||
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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