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English Name: Purple Swamphen
Scientific Name: Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
Family: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & allies)
Age: Adult
Location: Great Ocean Road
State / Province: Victoria
Country: Australia
Continent: Australasia
Date: November 2006
Species Status: LEAST CONCERN
Taxonomic Notes: Porphyrio porphyrio (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was split into P. porphyrio, P. indicus, P. madagascariensis, P. melanotus, P. poliocephalus and P. pulverulentus by Sangster et al. (1998), but this treatment is not adopted by BirdLife.
Alternative English Name: Purple Swamp-Hen
Alternative English Name 2: Purple Gallinule