Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Belconnen, ACT

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Identification history

	Porphyrio melanotus	17 Jan 2021	Illilanga
	Porphyrio melanotus	16 Jan 2021	AlisonMilton

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There seemed to be several families here: two adults with two almost grown chicks; two adults with three young chicks; one adult with one young chick; and one additional adult. In photos 3-5,taken from a distance, one of the three chicks has take a tumble, 'mum' helps it up and they then run off.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.072627 -35.238155
Altitude 570.6m
Maps Lake Ginninderra
Places Belconnen, ACT

Sighting information

12 Abundance
7 Jan 2021 09:25 AM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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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
328 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania