Porphyrio melanotus

Australasian Swamphen at Fyshwick, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.161310-35.317133
• Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
• Places Fyshwick, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 8 Apr 2023 10:38 AM Recorded on
• MatthewFrawley Recorded by

• Collections

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

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
• 300 images trained Machine learning

• Synonyms

  Porphyrio porphyrio Porphyrio porphyrio

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• More than one media file
• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
• GPS evidence of location
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