Porphyrio melanotus
Australasian Swamphen at Dunlop, ACT
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| Porphyrio melanotus | MatthewFrawley | 12 Aug 2025 | |
| Porphyrio melanotus | CarbonAI | 12 Aug 2025 | |
| Porphyrio melanotus | Jennybach | 12 Aug 2025 |
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User's notes
a possible nest site as lots of grassy/ reedy mats of vegetation as well as dense reedy cover around edges of the pond. Swamphens seem to maintain a constant presence here
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.014008-35.203093
- Maps Jarramlee Pond
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Aug 2025 12:15 PM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
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- Jennybach 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
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