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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Published in:Stanger, M., Clayton, M., Schodde, R., Wombey, J. & Mason, I. 1998, CSIRO List of Australian Verebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status, iii 124 pp., CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood
Synonym Source
Porphyrio poliocephalus (Latham, 1801) synonym
Fulica porphyrio Linnaeus, 1758 synonym
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Published in:Linnaeus, C. 1758, Systema Naturae Regnum Animale, pp. 824 +iii, 10ed., S.G. Englemann, Lipsiae p152
Porphyrio poliocephalus synonym
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Mayuubiyuu
Common Name Source
Purple Swamphen preferred Australia Australia
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Purple Swamphen preferred
Australasian Swamphen Australia Australia
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Azure-Breasted Gallinule Australia Australia
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Bald Coot Australia Australia
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Black-Backed Gallinule Australia Australia
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Black-Backed Water-Hen Australia Australia
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Blue Bald Coot Australia Australia
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Blue-Breasted Swamphen Australia Australia
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Eastern Swamphen Australia Australia
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Macquarie Water-Hen Australia Australia
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Pukeko Australia Australia
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Purple Gallinule Australia Australia
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Purple Water-Hen Australia Australia
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Redbill Australia Australia
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Swamphen Australia Australia
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Tarler Bird Australia Australia
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Western Swamphen Australia Australia
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Name Source
Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted
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Identifier Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3dbe8a1f-e562-42ba-a165-565c0704f8f2 Taxon unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f2ef3597-ad67-41f3-8e51-8b99332b5a9f Scientific Name current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3dbe8a1f-e562-42ba-a165-565c0704f8f2 Taxon Concept current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3dbe8a1f-e562-42ba-a165-565c0704f8f2 Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3dbe8a1f-e562-42ba-a165-565c0704f8f2 Taxon current
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
AVES
order
GRUIFORMES
family
RALLIDAE
subfamily
Rallinae
genus
Porphyrio
subgenus
Porphyrio (Porphyrio)
species
Porphyrio porphyrio
subspecies
Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio bellus Gould, 1840 
subspecies
Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 
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