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, Feet

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

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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