Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Lake Burley Griffin West

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.102506-35.291856
• Altitude 558.9m
• Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
• Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 30 Jan 2024 01:51 PM Recorded on
• JimL Recorded by

• Collections

  JimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds

Additional information

• False 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
• 336 images trained Machine learning

• 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
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