Australasian Swamphen at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Porphyrio melanotus | 27 Nov 2018 | natureguy | ||
| Porphyrio melanotus | 26 Nov 2018 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
On an earlier visit there were two chicks; one much smaller than the other. I feel that this is the larger of the two chicks and the smaller one did not survive. A large water rat was seen entering the reeds very close to the chicks.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.072363-35.238585
- Altitude 606.2m
- Maps Lake Ginninderra
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- 26 Nov 2018 12:07 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Water birds Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Porphyrio melanotus Scientific name
- Australasian Swamphen Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 796.5m Recorded at altitude
- 277 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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