The black-backed swamphen is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. It used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts, and the side of the head is blackish. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Horsfield, 1821
Reference:
Trans.Linn.Soc.London p.194
Protonym:
Porphyrio Indicus
Avibase ID:
B9E73FA9ECA2D5FA
Avibase ID:
avibase-B9E73FA9
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B9E73FA9
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 708093
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-backed Swamphen (indicus) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-backed Swamphen (nominate) ( Porphyrio indicus indicus) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
Clements, version 2019: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
eBird version 2018: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
eBird version 2019: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
eBird version 2021: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Porphyrio indicus indicus [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Porphyrio poliocephalus indicus [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Porphyrio poliocephalus indicus [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Black-backed Swamphen ( Porphyrio indicus) [version 2] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Porphyrio porphyrio indicus [version 1] |
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