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Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Wollogorang, NSW

Porphyrio melanotus at Wollogorang, NSW - 21 Oct 2022
Porphyrio melanotus at Wollogorang, NSW - 21 Oct 2022
Porphyrio melanotus at Wollogorang, NSW - 21 Oct 2022
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Identification history

Porphyrio melanotus 22 Oct 2022 Liam.m
Porphyrio melanotus 22 Oct 2022 MatthewFrawley

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Rowes Lagoon full of water

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Liam.m wrote:
   22 Oct 2022
Just curious, but did you see the musk ducks in whilst you were there?
   22 Oct 2022
I didn't have field glasses with me but I saw a duck from a distance that I suspected was a Musk Duck but couldn't confirm 100%.

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  • Porphyrio melanotus Scientific name
  • Australasian Swamphen Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 796.5m Recorded at altitude
  • 271 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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