Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Hume, ACT

Porphyrio melanotus at Hume, ACT - 9 Aug 2020

Porphyrio melanotus at Hume, ACT - 9 Aug 2020

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Identification history

	Porphyrio melanotus	12 Aug 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Gallinula tenebrosa	12 Aug 2020	RodDeb
	Porphyrio melanotus	10 Aug 2020	RodDeb

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User's notes

lots of water here now

2 comments

natureguy wrote:

12 Aug 2020

First image looks like a Dusky Moorhen.

RodDeb wrote:

12 Aug 2020

You are right have deleted the image thanks

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Location information

Coordinates 149.147294 -35.395797
Places Hume, ACT

Sighting information

10 Abundance
9 Aug 2020 03:56 PM Recorded on
RodDeb Recorded by
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Birds Water birds Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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
279 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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