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

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2 comments

   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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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
  • 279 images trained Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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