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Porphyrio melanotus  Temminck, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1244220

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): caimão-australasiano [Portuguese]
  
    Calamón Australiano [Spanish]
  
    Australasian Swamphen [English]
  
    Talève australe [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGruiformes  – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles  
                            FamilyRallidae  – Crakes, Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens  
                               GenusPorphyrio Brisson, 1760 – Gallinules, Swamphens  
                                  SpeciesPorphyrio melanotus Temminck, 1820 – caimão-australasiano, Calamón Australiano, Australasian Swamphen, Talève australe  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Porphyrio melanotus bellus Gould, 1841  
                                     Subspecies Porphyrio melanotus melanopterus Bonaparte, 1856  
                                     Subspecies Porphyrio melanotus melanotus Temminck, 1820  
                                     Subspecies Porphyrio melanotus pelewensis Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872  
                                     Subspecies Porphyrio melanotus samoensis Peale, 1849  
       

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  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Porphyrio melanotus   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Porphyrio melanotus, Australasian Swamphen [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee  
  Publication Date: 1934   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xvii + 401   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: London, England, UK   
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  Reference for: Porphyrio melanotus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
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