Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Acton, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.111920-35.282445
• Altitude 564.3m
• Maps Australian National University Sullivans Creek, Acton ANU Garran Precinct
• Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

• 4 Abundance
• 5 Dec 2018 02:18 PM Recorded on
• AlisonMilton Recorded by

• Collections

  AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds

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
• 336 images trained Machine learning

• Synonyms

  Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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• More than one media file
• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
• GPS evidence of location
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