#Porphyrio melanotus

[rattyexplores]

Gruiformes: Porphyrio melanotus

Gruiformes: Gallinula tenebrosa

Anseriformes: Anser anser domesticus × anser cygnoides domesticus

Anseriformes: Chenonetta jubata

Gruiformes: Gallinula tenebrosa

Gruiformes: Fulica atra, note the wacky feet

Anseriformes: Anas superciliosa ssp. superciliosa

Charadriiformes: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

Columbiformes: Ocyphaps lophotes

Various southern bird life, and some GIF footage.

25/03/23 - Aves spp. - Wollongong, urban botanical garden

[perfect-plumage]

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Marcus Singor

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Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Marcus Singor

[herpsandbirds]

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus), mother with chick, family Rallidae, Western Australia

photograph by Matt Laughton

[bens-birds]

Pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus)

[Also known as Australasian swamphen]

Rotorua, Aotearoa - 02-02-2020

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[445/10,977] Australasian Swamphen - Porphyrio melanotus

Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae (rails) Genus: Porphyrio (swamphens)

Photo credit: Martin Anderson via Macaulay Library

[leedsomics]

De-novo genome assembly of four rails (Aves: Rallidae): a resource for comparative genomics

The rails are a phenotypically diverse family of birds that includes around 130 species and displays a wide distribution around the world. Here we present annotated genome assemblies for four rails from Aotearoa New Zealand: two native volant species, p[u]keko Porphyrio melanotus and mioweka Gallirallus philippensis, and two endemic flightless species takah[e] Porphyrio hochstetteri and weka Gallirallus australis. The quality checks and comparison with other rallid genomes showed that the new assemblies were of high quality and that the annotations could be trusted. Using the sequence read data, heterozygosity was found to be lowest in the endemic flightless species and this probably reflects their relatively small populations. This study significantly increases the number of available rallid genomes and will enable future genomic studies on the evolution of this family. http://dlvr.it/T0bxVM

[nightmare-birds]

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Lars Petersson

[is-that-bird--you-know]

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Bruce Robinson

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Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Terence Alexander

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Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Anne Reardon

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Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Alexander Babych

[perfect-plumage]

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Anonymous eBirder

[birdstudies]

April 28, 2021 - Australasian Swamphen or Pukeko (Porphyrio melanotus)

Previously considered a subspecies of the Purple Swamphen, these birds in the rail family are found in wetland habitats in parts of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. They eat mostly plant foods, including the stems, shoots, leaves, and seeds of grasses, sedges, and other plants, as well as some insects, spiders, earthworms, and sometimes small vertebrates. Breeding in groups, they build platform nests from reeds. All members of the group help care for the chicks.

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Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)

© Leslie George

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Shake it Off (purple swamphen) by Peter Virag

Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)