Porphyrio melanotus (Australian Swamphen)

Australian Swamphen

Porphyrio melanotus Temminck, CJ 1820

The Australasian swamphen is a species of swamphen (Porphyrio) occurring in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, it is known as the pukeko. The species used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Porphyrio
Scientific:
  Porphyrio melanotus

Original description

Citation:
Temminck, CJ 1820

Reference:
Manuel Orn. Tabl. Syst. ed.2, part 1 p.701

Protonym:
Porphyrio melanotus

Type locality:
New South Wales.

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41003150

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
0E0D8AE779C81A86

Avibase ID:
avibase-0E0D8AE7

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/0E0D8AE7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 708096

Geographic range:

Porphyrio melanotus melanotus: Australia, New Zealand, and Kermadec and Chatham islands
Porphyrio melanotus bellus: far southwestern Australia
Porphyrio melanotus melanopterus: northern Sulawesi, Moluccas and Lesser Sundas to New Guinea, including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)
Porphyrio melanotus pelewensis: Palau (Koror and Anguar)
Porphyrio melanotus samoensis: Admiralty Islands (western Bismarck Archipelago) to New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Samoa
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Australian Swamphen
Czech:
slípka australasijská
Danish:
Østlig Sultanhøne
German:
Australpurpurhuhn
Spanish:
Calamón Australiano
Spanish (Spain):
Calamón Australiano
Finnish:
itäaustraliansulttaanikana
French:
Talève australe
Croatian:
Australazijska sultanka
Japanese (romaji):
o-sutorariaseikei
Japanese:
オーストラリアセイケイ
Dutch:
Australische Purperkoet
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunryggsultanhøne
Norwegian:
brunryggsultanhøne
Polish:
modrzyk ciemny
Portuguese:
camão-australasiático
Portuguese (Portugal):
caimão-australasiano
Russian:
Австралийская султанка
Slovak:
sultánka pukeko
Serbian:
Australazijska sultanka
Swedish:
australisk purpurhöna
Ukrainian:
султанка австралійська
Chinese:
澳洲紫水鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
紐澳紫水雞

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Australian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition: Eastern Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus)
Clements, version 2021: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2022: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2023: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2024: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2015: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
Clements, version 2019: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Purple Swamphen (Australasian) ( Porphyrio porphyrio [melanotus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
eBird version 2019: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
eBird version 2021: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
eBird version 2022: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
eBird version 2023: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
eBird version 2024: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Australasian Swamphen ( Porphyrio melanotus) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Porphyrio [poliocephalus, melanotus or indicus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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