Porphyrio melanotus
Australasian Swamphen at Throsby, ACT
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| Porphyrio melanotus | MatthewFrawley | 22 Sep 2020 | |
| Porphyrio melanotus | davobj | 22 Sep 2020 |
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User's notes
This year these birds have arrived in numbers, are breeding in most of the ponds in Throsby
2 comments
23 Sep 2020
The 3rd and 4th pics don't have any swamphens only Coots, Dusky Moorhen, and an Australasian Grebe.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.161845-35.188578
- Places Throsby, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 7 Sep 2020 10:22 AM Recorded on
- davobj Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
Collections
- davobj Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Porphyrio melanotus Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds
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
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Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio
Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
JFMAMJJASOND
Record quality
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6 / 7
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