Porphyrio melanotus
Australasian Swamphen at Strathnairn, ACT
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| Porphyrio melanotus | MatthewFrawley | 29 Apr 2025 | |
| Porphyrio melanotus | AlisonMilton | 29 Apr 2025 | |
| Gallinula tenebrosa | CarbonAI | 18 Apr 2025 | |
| Gallinula tenebrosa | AlisonMilton | 18 Apr 2025 |
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2 comments
18 Apr 2025
Hi @AlisonMilton, thanks for your sighting. It looks like your sighting contains multiple species. To help us verify each species, please submit each species as a separate sighting.
29 Apr 2025
Second and third images show Dusky Moorhen, the others show Australasian Swamphen.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.994200-35.228480
- Altitude 569.8m
- Places Strathnairn, ACT
Sighting information
- 7 Abundance
- 17 Apr 2025 11:11 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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- AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Porphyrio melanotus Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds
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
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Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio
Seasonal activity
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Nesting site
JFMAMJJASOND
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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