Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Mawson, ACT

Porphyrio melanotus at Mawson, ACT - 8 Sep 2022 08:46 AM

Porphyrio melanotus at Mawson, ACT - 8 Sep 2022 08:46 AM

Porphyrio melanotus at Mawson, ACT - 8 Sep 2022 08:46 AM

Porphyrio melanotus at Mawson, ACT - 8 Sep 2022 08:46 AM

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Identification history

	Porphyrio melanotus	8 Sep 2022	MichaelBedingfield
	Porphyrio melanotus	8 Sep 2022	dougsky

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2 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

8 Sep 2022

Hi Doug
Can you please correct the location? The photo is next to a pond, but the location given is among houses.

dougsky wrote:

8 Sep 2022

done! thanks for picking that up. i did it quickly from my phone. love seeing the swamphens here and i've seen moorhens too!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.092647 -35.360605
Altitude 635.0m
Maps Mawson Ponds
Places Mawson, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
8 Sep 2022 08:46 AM Recorded on
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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
328 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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