Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Monash, ACT

Porphyrio melanotus at Monash, ACT - 4 Oct 2020
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Identification history

Porphyrio melanotus 4 Oct 2020 MatthewFrawley
Porphyrio melanotus 4 Oct 2020 HarveyPerkins

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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
  • 273 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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