Australasian Swamphen at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Porphyrio melanotus | 17 Jan 2021 | Illilanga | ||
| Porphyrio melanotus | 16 Jan 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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User's notes
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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Collections
Birds Water birds Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
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
- 277 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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