Very common, breeding resident.
Porphyrio melanotus is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Hunter Region | Riverina Murray | New England | New South Wales North Coast | Hume | Greater Melbourne | Gippsland | Barwon South West | Grampians | Loddon Mallee | Greater Brisbane | Darling Downs | Wide Bay | Mackay | Tasmania | South East South Australia | Kimberley | South West Western Australia
Synonyms
Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrioMaps
ANU Garran Precinct Aranda Bushland Australian National University Blue Gum Point to Attunga Bay Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Central Molonglo City Renewal Authority Area Commonwealth & Kings Parks Conder Community Wetlands Coombs Ponds Diuris aequalis target area Fadden Hills Pond Gordon Pond Gungaderra Creek Ponds Holder Wetlands Illilanga & Baroona Isabella Pond Jarramlee Pond Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Creek Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Lyneham Wetland Mawson Ponds McKellar Wetlands Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mulligans Flat Point Hut Pond Point Hut to Tharwa Rowes Lagoon Stranger Pond Sullivans Creek, Acton Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Upper Stranger Pond Watson Green Space West Belconnen Pond Yerrabi PondPlaces
Belconnen, ACT Bendoura, NSW Bonython, ACT Casey, ACT Crace, ACT Dunlop, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Greenway, ACT Gungahlin, ACT Harrison, ACT Hume, ACT Isabella Plains, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Kingston, ACT McKellar, ACT Strathnairn, ACT Throsby, ACT Tumut, NSW Wollogorang, NSW Yarralumla, ACT